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Hemimasticatory spasm treated with botulinum toxin: case report
Hélio A G Teive1, Elcio J Piovesan, Francisco M B Germiniani
1Service of Neurology, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|June 18, 2002
Abstract:
We describe a female patient with hemimasticatory spasm, a rare movement disorder due to dysfunction of the motor trigeminal nerve of unknown origin. This patient had an excellent response to botulinum toxin therapy.