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
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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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description 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 toxin in the presence of defective neuromuscular transmission.
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spelling doaj-art-ba9c465f47dc49cbb9014821660fa9312025-08-20T03:22:53ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271999-09-01573A68368510.1590/S0004-282X1999000400024Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravisMARCIA RUBIA R. GONÇALVESEGBERTO R. BARBOSAANTONIO A. ZAMBONPAULO E. MARCHIORI0Universidade de São PauloWe 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 toxin in the presence of defective neuromuscular transmission.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000400024&tlng=endystoniamyasthenia gravisbotulinum toxin
spellingShingle MARCIA RUBIA R. GONÇALVES
EGBERTO R. BARBOSA
ANTONIO A. ZAMBON
PAULO E. MARCHIORI
Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
dystonia
myasthenia gravis
botulinum toxin
title Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis
title_full Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis
title_fullStr Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis
title_short Treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis
title_sort treatment of cervical dystonia with botulinum toxin in a patient with myasthenia gravis
topic dystonia
myasthenia gravis
botulinum toxin
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000400024&tlng=en
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