Therapeutic Uses of Botulinum Toxin (PDF)

by
Grant CooperGrant Cooper

Therapeutic Uses of Botulinum Toxin outlines and examines our current understanding of botulinum toxin and its various therapeutic applications. The editors explore how this novel compound fits into a wide variety of treatment algorithms across medical subspecialties. Each chapter focuses on a particular symptom and adn explains how botulinum toxin is curently used for treatment . Physicians will benfit not only from those chapters devoted to their particular subspecialty, but from the inspiring success resulting for the useof botulinum toxin in other patient populations. The concluding chapter examines questions of immunity, explores economic issues, and attempts to forecast future directions for this novel and somewhat mysterious drug. Clinicians acrosss a wide variety of disciplines will refer to this comprehensive reference time and time again.