2000
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492000000100014
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Correção de estrabismo paralítico por injeção de toxina botulínica

Abstract: Objetivo: Avaliar a ação da toxina botulínica em paralisias adquiridas de VI e III nervos.Pacientes e métodos: Foram tratados com toxina botulínica 15 pacientes, com diagnóstico de paralisia de VI e III nervos, aguda ou crônica. Foram estudados de forma prospectiva, durante os meses de agosto de 1998 a maio de 1999. O estudo incluiu, além da avaliação do estrabismo, avaliação oftalmológica completa. Os pacientes foram acompanhados por um período de 2 a 7 meses após a última aplicação.Resultados: Onze pacientes… Show more

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“…There are great variations in the literature with regard to treatment types, doses, and types of botulinum toxin (4,5,7,11,12) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…There are great variations in the literature with regard to treatment types, doses, and types of botulinum toxin (4,5,7,11,12) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As the drug acts on nerve endings, not all muscle fibres of the motor unit lose their function concurrently. Its action is gradual and continuous, starting after approximately three days (6,7) . The paralysed muscle shows histopathological signs of myofibrillar atrophy and its terminal portion suffers demyelination, subsequently undergoing regeneration with the formation of new myoneural connections (8,9) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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