Book Review: Botulinum Neurotoxin for Head and Neck Disorders

Editors-Authors: Andrew Blitzer, MD, Brian E. Benson, MD, and Joe Guss, MD. Illustrations by Markus Voll, and Karl Wesker. Publisher: Thieme Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Botulinum neurotoxin is actually a poison, responsible for many deaths from botulism around the world. Thus writes Mark Hallett, MD in his Foreword to this book. Dr. Hallett is chief of the human motor control section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. But when used correctly and in carefully-controlled circumstances, this chemical is very effective in the treatment of such disorders as focal...

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