Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis

We report the case of a 49-year-old woman who has the rare combination of myasthenia gravis and cervical dystonia. She was treated with botulinum toxin type A with good response and no evidence of deterioration of the myasthenic symptoms. We therefore conclude that it is possible to use botulinum to...

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Main Authors: MARCIA RUBIA R. GONÇALVES, EGBERTO R. BARBOSA, ANTONIO A. ZAMBON, PAULO E. MARCHIORI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1999-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000400024&tlng=en
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