%0 Journal Article %1 Couto1976 %A Couto, B. %A Figuereido, H. B. %A Leit?o, R. E. Ara?jo %A Alvarenga, H. %A Marleide, M. Gomes %A Reis, C. H. Melo %D 1976 %J Neurol Neurocir Psiquiatr %K Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cerebral Palsy; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Child; Child, Preschool; Dantrolene; Drug Evaluation; Female; Humans; Hydantoins; Male; Middle Muscle Spasticity; Spinal Cord Injuries %N 4 %P 213--221 %T Sodium dantrolene (dantrium) in the treatment of neurogenic muscular spasm %V 17 %X Forty patients, whose ages varied from 4 to 65 years, presenting skeletal muscle spascitiy as sequel of cerebral palsy, spinovertebral trauma and cerebral vascular diseases were treated with Dantrium (dantrolene sodium), a drug muscle relaxing. Laboratory data included: electromiography, chronaximetry, EEG and blood and urine tests. Clinical followup revealed subjective improvement in the patients and also objective decrease of spasticity in a satisfactory number. Patients who had improvement with this therapy also had no beneficial results with other drugs.

@article{Couto1976, abstract = {Forty patients, whose ages varied from 4 to 65 years, presenting skeletal muscle spascitiy as sequel of cerebral palsy, spinovertebral trauma and cerebral vascular diseases were treated with Dantrium (dantrolene sodium), a drug muscle relaxing. Laboratory data included: electromiography, chronaximetry, EEG and blood and urine tests. Clinical followup revealed subjective improvement in the patients and also objective decrease of spasticity in a satisfactory number. Patients who had improvement with this therapy also had no beneficial results with other drugs.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T19:16:31.000+0200}, author = {Couto, B. and Figuereido, H. B. and Leit?o, R. E. Ara?jo and Alvarenga, H. and Marleide, M. Gomes and Reis, C. H. Melo}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2503f93266f71c3662b631a17955e6d90/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {0d613e1e598fbffadccb4bd00753b997}, intrahash = {503f93266f71c3662b631a17955e6d90}, journal = {Neurol Neurocir Psiquiatr}, keywords = {Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cerebral Palsy; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Child; Child, Preschool; Dantrolene; Drug Evaluation; Female; Humans; Hydantoins; Male; Middle Muscle Spasticity; Spinal Cord Injuries}, number = 4, pages = {213--221}, pmid = {1018726}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T19:16:31.000+0200}, title = {[Sodium dantrolene (dantrium) in the treatment of neurogenic muscular spasm]}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 17, year = 1976 }