Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Apr 2024)

Effects of onabotulinum toxin type A injections in patients with Meige's syndrome

  • Alexia Duarte,
  • Léo Coutinho,
  • Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani,
  • Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1785691
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 04
pp. 001 – 007

Abstract

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Background Meige's syndrome is a type of facial dystonia characterized by the simultaneous occurrence of blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. Although botulinum toxin type A (OBTA) injections are the standard treatment, evidence of their effectiveness and safety in this scenario is still lacking.

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