title: Improvement of diabetic autonomic gustatory sweating by botulinum toxin type A.
abstract: Fourteen diabetic subjects with gustatory sweating were treated by intracutaneous injections of botulinum toxin type A into the affected facial skin areas. In all subjects, sweating (measured by Minor starch iodine test) ceased within 4 days, with the maximal follow-up time lasting 24 weeks. This therapeutic approach, which could be used to reduce the severity of diabetic gustatory sweating, appears to be long lasting, adverse effect free, and minimally invasive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Restivo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Patti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giuffrida
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marchese-Ragona
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bramanti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palmeri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017777:Parasympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic / Q000187:drug effects; D013213:Starch; D013547:Sweating, Gustatory / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D013213:Starch; D007455:Iodine; D001905:Botulinum Toxins