Botulinum toxin for treatment of Frey's syndrome: report of two cases

Frey's syndrome is a phenomenon of hemifacial flushing and sweating after gustatory stimulus, usually secondary to surgical trauma over the parotid gland, although other injury mechanisms may be seen. It is accepted as a result of aberrant regeneration of facial autonomic nerve fibers. Treatmen...

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Main Authors: Hélio A.G. Teive, André R. Troiano, Fábio Robert, Fábio M. Iwamoto, João J. Maniglia, Marcos Mocellin, Lineu César Werneck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2003-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000200017&tlng=en
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