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Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Hand Tremor.
The aim of this study is to review our longitudinal experience with onabotulinumtoxinA (onaBoNT-A) injections for medically refractory hand tremor. We performed a retrospective review of our database of patients treated with onaBoNT-A for h…
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Dystonia.
Dystonia is a neurological condition characterized by abnormal involuntary movements or postures owing to sustained or intermittent muscle contractions. Dystonia can be the manifesting neurological sign of many disorders, either in isolatio…
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Treatment of blepharospasm with apraclonidine.
[OBJECTIVE] To describe improvement in blepharospasm with apraclonidine. [BACKGROUND] Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia involving chiefly the orbicularis oculi and periocular muscles resulting in involuntary sustained eyelid closure. Botul…
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Research Priorities in Limb and Task-Specific Dystonias.
Dystonia, which causes intermittent or sustained abnormal postures and movements, can present in a focal or a generalized manner. In the limbs, focal dystonia can occur in either the upper or lower limbs and may be task-specific causing abn…
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Apraclonidine in the treatment of ptosis.
Transient ptosis is a known complication of botulinum toxin (BoNT) injection due to inadvertent migration of toxin into the levator palpebrae superioris muscle. Currently there is no treatment available for BoNT induced ptosis. Apraclonidin…
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Botulinum toxin: State of the art.
Botulinun neurotoxin (BoNT) has emerged as one of the most multipurpose therapeutic agents in modern medicine with more clinical applications than any other drug currently on the market. Initially developed in the treatment of strabismus an…
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Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Tremor and Tics.
The therapeutic applications of botulinum toxin (BoNT) have grown manifold since its initial approval in 1989 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of strabismus, blepharospasm, and other facial spasms. Although it is t…
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Recent Advances in Understanding and Managing Tourette Syndrome.
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurologic and behavioral disorder consisting of motor and phonic tics with onset in childhood or adolescence. The severity of tics can range from barely perceptible to severely impairing due to social embarrassm…
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Impact of Cervical Dystonia on Work Productivity: An Analysis From a Patient Registry.
[BACKGROUND] Cervical dystonia is thought to result in high disease burden, but limited information exists on its impact on employment and work productivity. We utilized data from the Cervical Dystonia Patient Registry for the Observation o…
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Drug-Induced Dyskinesia, Part 2: Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia.
Dyskinesias encompass a variety of different hyperkinetic phenomenologies, particularly chorea, dystonia, stereotypies, and akathisia. The main types of drug-induced dyskinesias include levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in patients with Par…
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Drug-Induced Dyskinesia, Part 1: Treatment of Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia.
Dyskinesias encompass a variety of different hyperkinetic phenomenologies, particularly chorea, dystonia, stereotypies, and akathisia. Levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) is one of the main types of drug-induced dyskinesia, occurring in patie…
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Therapeutic Developments for Tics and Myoclonus.
Tics and myoclonus are phenomenologically similar given that both are jerk-like movements, but, in contrast to myoclonus, tics are often preceded by premonitory sensations and are typically associated with a variety of behavioral comorbidit…