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SUBMITTER: Drexel SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Drexel S C SC Klietz M M Kollewe K K Paracka L L Kutschenko A A Kopp B B Lange F F Wegner F F Dressler D D
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 20191204 1
Dystonia is a chronic movement disorder that is associated with a reduction in health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and restriction of activities of daily living. Botulinum neurotoxin (BT) improves disease-specific HR-QoL by reducing abnormal movements, postures, and pain. We examined the burden of the corresponding primary caregiver as a potential important factor for disease management and HR-QoL of dystonia patients under treatment with BT. 114 patients with focal, segmental, or generalize ...[more]