Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up?
Background The movement disorder known as hemifacial spasm is characterized by involuntary contractions of the muscles that are innervated by the facial nerve. The treatment of choice for this condition is botulinum toxin injections.
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Background The movement disorder known as hemifacial spasm is characterized by involuntary contractions of the muscles that are innervated by the facial nerve. The treatment of choice for this condition is botulinum toxin injections. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-94c413e14b3d4936add7677e73a8e8b52025-01-15T23:30:31ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria0004-282X1678-42272025-01-01830100100810.1055/s-0044-1793935Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up?Fátima de Menezes Dantas0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4766-7825Felipe Olobardi Freire1https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4119-7599Agábio Diógenes Pessoa Neto2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2937-5298Clécio de Oliveira Godeiro Júnior3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4312-1633Rodrigo Alencar e Silva4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3311-0164Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Natal RN, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Natal RN, Brazil.Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont, Ambulatório Multiprofissional de Doença de Parkinson, Macaíba RN, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Serviço de Neurologia, Natal RN, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Serviço de Neurologia, Natal RN, Brazil. Background The movement disorder known as hemifacial spasm is characterized by involuntary contractions of the muscles that are innervated by the facial nerve. The treatment of choice for this condition is botulinum toxin injections.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1793935Hemifacial SpasmBotulinum ToxinsBotulinum Toxins, Type A |
| spellingShingle | Fátima de Menezes Dantas Felipe Olobardi Freire Agábio Diógenes Pessoa Neto Clécio de Oliveira Godeiro Júnior Rodrigo Alencar e Silva Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up? Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Hemifacial Spasm Botulinum Toxins Botulinum Toxins, Type A |
| title | Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up? |
| title_full | Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up? |
| title_fullStr | Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up? |
| title_short | Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up? |
| title_sort | dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm is there modification during follow up |
| topic | Hemifacial Spasm Botulinum Toxins Botulinum Toxins, Type A |
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