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Laryngeal dystonia

Known as: Spasmodic dysphonia 
A form of focal dystonia that affects the vocal cords, associated with involuntary contractions of the vocal cords causing interruptions of speech… 
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DYSTONIA 25DYSTONIA 27DYSTONIA 28, CHILDHOOD-ONSETDystonia 6, torsion (disorder)

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Treatment for spasmodic dysphonia: limitations of current approaches
Purpose of reviewAlthough botulinum toxin injection is the gold standard for treatment of spasmodic dysphonia, surgical… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Treatment of focal dystonias with botulinum neurotoxin.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Predominant dystonia with marked cerebellar atrophy
Background: Dystonia syndromes constitute a heterogeneous group of phenotypes that may be caused by different heredodegenerative… 
2004
2004
Spasmodic laryngeal dyspnea: a rare manifestation of laryngeal dystonia
We describe clinical experiences in the management of three patients with laryngopharyngeal dystonia causing severe breathing… 
2004
2004
The impact of long-term botulinum toxin injections on symptom severity in patients with spasmodic dysphonia.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Increased Stability of Airflow Following Botulinum Toxin Injection
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether stability of airflow, as well as mean airflow, increased following… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Major Patterns of Laryngeal Electromyography and Their Clinical Application
Laryngeal electromyography (LEMG) is clinically valuable in the evaluation of laryngeal dysfunction and vocal fold immobility. To… 
1996
1996
Long-Term Effects of Botulinum Toxin Injections in Spasmodic Dysphonia
The purpose was to examine whether physiological changes can be found in laryngeal muscles following repeated treatment with… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Unilateral versus bilateral botulinum toxin injections in spasmodic dysphonia: acoustic and perceptual results.
The present study compared the effects of unilateral and bilateral thyroarytenoid injections of botulinum toxin (botox) for the… 
1991
1991
Laryngeal electromyographic activity in adductor and abductor spasmodic dysphonia.
Vocal symptoms in spasmodic dysphonia (SD) range from strain-strangle phonation and glottal-stop phonatory breaks of adductor SD… 
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