title: Treatment of blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm and strabismus with botulinum a toxin.
abstract: Thirty patients with blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, strabismus and entropion were treated with botulinum A toxin giving satisfactory results. Rapid spasm relief, correction of strabismus and entropion were obtained. Only mild, transient and local side-effects occurred. The patients were followed up for 4-12 weeks with no recurrence. The clinical results show that local injection of a minute dose of botulinum A toxin in treating blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, strabismus and entropion is a safe, effective and simple method of nonsurgical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Sixth Hospital.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000628:therapy*; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005152:Facial Muscles; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013035:Spasm / Q000628:therapy*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D001905:Botulinum Toxins