Severe botulism after focal injection of botulinum toxin

N. Souayah; H. Karim; S. S. Kamin; J. McArdle; S. Marcus

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Severe botulism after focal injection of botulinum toxin

N. Souayah, H. Karim, S. S. Kamin, J. McArdle, S. Marcus

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We report a 34-year-old woman who developed clinical botulism after the cosmetic use of an unapproved botulinum toxin type A. Electrophysiologic findings demonstrated complete denervation with complete electrical silence. She had a lengthy recovery but was able to ambulate by discharge.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1855-1856
Number of pages	2
Journal	Neurology
Volume	67
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000244417.34846.b6
State	Published - Nov 2006

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Clinical Neurology

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Severe botulism after focal injection of botulinum toxin

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