title: The use of botulinum toxin in ophthalmology.
abstract: As the diversity of clinical applications for the botulinum neurotoxin continues to grow, exciting developments are occurring in its use around the eye, where indeed its benefits were first recognized. These include use to treat strabismus, eyelid disorders and a number of other ocular conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Denniston
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reuser
mesh_terms: D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000188:drug therapy; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy; D004774:Entropion / Q000188:drug therapy; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D013285:Strabismus / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A