Clinical and therapeutic features in 85 patients

Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2008;66(1):15-21 CERVICAL DYSTONIA Clinical and therapeutic features in 85 patients Carlos Henrique F. Camargo1, Hélio A.G. Teive2...
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Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2008;66(1):15-21

CERVICAL DYSTONIA Clinical and therapeutic features in 85 patients Carlos Henrique F. Camargo1, Hélio A.G. Teive2, Nilson Becker1, Maria Helena Herdoíza Baran1, Rosana Hermínia Scola2, Lineu César Werneck3 Abstract – We studied patients with cervical dystonia (CD) to determine clinical features and response to botulinum toxin A (BoNT/A). Patients were submitted to clinical, laboratory and neuroimaging evaluation. BoNT/A was injected locally in 81 patients using electromyographic guidance. Four patients who had had previous treatment were considered to be in remission. The average ages at onset of focal dystonia and segmental dystonia were greater than for generalized dystonia (p

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