Botulinum toxin for treating unilateral apraxia of eyelid opening in a patient with congenital myotonia

ABSTRACT A 37-year-old female presented with severe apraxia of lid opening (ALO) affecting the right upper lid associated with Becker congenital myotonia (MC). The patient had a history of right upper lid ptosis for 25 years that was exacerbated over the previous month with severe incapacity to open...

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Main Authors: Estrella Fernández, Marta Latasiewicz, Laura Pelegrin, Manuel Romera, Silvana Schellini, Alicia Galindo-Ferreiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492017000500015&lng=en&tlng=en