## Abstract Fifteen patients with torticollis who had been treated with repeated injections of botulinum toxin type A (botox A) developed antibodies to the toxin. This resulted in loss of benefit in the 13 patients who had improved with botox A injections and failure to develop muscle atrophy after
Botulinum toxin injections to treat belly dancer's dyskinesia
โ Scribed by Erle CH Lim; Raymond CS Seet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 402 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis patient with jaw opening dystonia, which improves with a sensory geste. Bilteral dysmetria, normal extraocular movements, spastic gait, hyperreflexia, and upgoing toes are present. Achilles tendon xanthomas are demonstrated.
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Immunoresistance (Ab+) to botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) has been a serious concern since the introduction of BTX-A in the treatment of dystonia and other disorders associated with abnormal muscle contractions. We studied seven patients who developed Ab+ and later reverted to antibody-negative (Ab-)
## Abstract We studied 20 patients with cervical dystonia who had started to respond poorly to botulinum toxin A (BTXA) injections after an initial good response. All patients had extensor digitorum brevis (EDB) tests performed in addition to BTXA immunoprecipition assay (IPA) and mouse bioassay (M