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JOURNAL OF VOICE
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 255-264Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(03)00072-9
Keywords
spasmodic dysphonia; botulinum toxin; resistance; IgA
Funding
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM57342] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS22153] Funding Source: Medline
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The immune status of six spasmodic dysphonia patients who became resistant to botulinum toxin was compared to that of a series of patients who remained responsive. The two groups were similar in terms of age, sex, and cumulative dose of toxin. Five of the resistant patients had a significant titer of anti-botulinum toxin IgG antibodies, as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). These same five resistant patients had a circulating titer of anti-heavy chain antibodies, but only three of these patients had a circulating titer of anti-light chain antibodies, as determined by Western blotting. By contrast, none of the responsive patients had antibodies against the holotoxin or its two chains. Interestingly, two of the resistant patients also had a low circulating titer of anti-botulinum toxin IgA antibodies. None of the responsive patients was IgA-positive. The cumulative dose of botulinum toxin administered to resistant patients was lower than that customarily associated with emergence of immunity in dystonia patients.
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