Safety of botulinum toxin for dysphagia in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.

Muscle Nerve

Department of Internal Medicine, Neurologic Unit, Nuovo "Garibaldi" Hospital, Catania, Italy.

Published: November 2014

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