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Table 1 Diseases treated with botulinum toxin type A in head and face medicine with high interdisciplinary relevance

From: The use of botulinum toxin in head and face medicine: An interdisciplinary field

Movement Disorders

Disorders of the Autonomous Nerve System

Facial nerve paralysis

Hypersalivation, Sialorrhea

Hemifacial spasm

Gustatory sweating, Frey's syndrome

Blepharospasm, Meige-Syndrom

Intrinsic rhinitis

Synkinesis following defective healing of the facial nerve

Hyperlacrimation, Tearing

Support in facial wound healing

 

Facial pain syndromes

 

Oromandibular dystonia

 

Palatal tremor

 

Bruxism

 

Hypertrophy of the masseter muscle