Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up?

Fátima de Menezes Dantas; Felipe Olobardi Freire; Agábio Diógenes Pessoa Neto; Clécio de Oliveira Godeiro Júnior; Rodrigo Alencar e Silva

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1793935

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Jan 2025)

Dosage of botulinum toxin in patients undergoing treatment for hemifacial spasm: is there modification during follow-up?

Fátima de Menezes Dantas,
Felipe Olobardi Freire,
Agábio Diógenes Pessoa Neto,
Clécio de Oliveira Godeiro Júnior,
Rodrigo Alencar e Silva

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Fátima de Menezes Dantas: ORCiD; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Natal RN, Brazil.
Felipe Olobardi Freire: ORCiD; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Natal RN, Brazil.
Agábio Diógenes Pessoa Neto: ORCiD; Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont, Ambulatório Multiprofissional de Doença de Parkinson, Macaíba RN, Brazil.
Clécio de Oliveira Godeiro Júnior: ORCiD; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Serviço de Neurologia, Natal RN, Brazil.
Rodrigo Alencar e Silva: ORCiD; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Serviço de Neurologia, Natal RN, Brazil.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1793935
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 83, no. 01
pp. 001 – 008

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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.

Published in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

ISSN: 0004-282X (Print); 1678-4227 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Revinter Publicações
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/

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