Aim of this study is to identify factors contributing the occurrence of neck lateral shift (LS) in patients with cervical dystonia (CD). A retrospective analysis focused on the treatment with botulinum toxin (BTX) was conducted on 38 consecutive idiopathic CD patients comparing subjects with and without LS. The main result was the evidence of a significantly higher BTX inter-side dose difference in patients with LS suggesting that this uncommon phenotype may be an artifact of chronic therapy with BTX.
The occurrence of lateral shift in cervical dystonia / Esposito, Marcello; Peluso, Silvio; Dubbioso, Raffaele; Allocca, Roberto; Iorillo, Filippo; Coppola, Antonietta; Santoro, Lucio. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-3478. - 38:4(2017), pp. 683-686. [10.1007/s10072-016-2799-z]
The occurrence of lateral shift in cervical dystonia
Esposito, Marcello
;Peluso, Silvio;Dubbioso, Raffaele;Allocca, Roberto;Coppola, Antonietta;Santoro, Lucio
2017
Abstract
Aim of this study is to identify factors contributing the occurrence of neck lateral shift (LS) in patients with cervical dystonia (CD). A retrospective analysis focused on the treatment with botulinum toxin (BTX) was conducted on 38 consecutive idiopathic CD patients comparing subjects with and without LS. The main result was the evidence of a significantly higher BTX inter-side dose difference in patients with LS suggesting that this uncommon phenotype may be an artifact of chronic therapy with BTX.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
