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NEUROLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 1, Pages 244-247Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.1.244
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botulinum toxin A; saliva; drooling; PD
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The authors evaluated intraparotid injections of botulinum toxin A in reducing salivary secretions and drooling in nine patients with PD. There was a marked objective reduction in secretion, and two thirds of the patients had subjective improvement in drooling. No side effects were observed. The authors conclude that botulinum toxin A promises to be a simple and effective treatment for the common problem of drooling saliva in chronic neurologic disease.
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