| Literature DB >> 16247065 |
E J Piovesan1, H G Teive, P A Kowacs, M V Della Coletta, L C Werneck, S D Silberstein.
Abstract
Thirteen subjects with trigeminal neuralgia were treated with botulinum-A neurotoxin (BoNT/A) in an open-label pilot study. After BoNT/A, visual analog scale score, surface area of pain, and therapeutic coefficient were reduced in all patients and for all branch trigeminal nerves studied. Therefore, BoNT/A is an efficient treatment. There were no major side effects. A placebo-controlled clinical trial is needed to confirm these findings.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16247065 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000180940.98815.74
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910