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Dry Eyes and Superficial Punctate Keratitis: A Complication of Treatment of Glabelar Dynamic Rhytides with Botulinum Exotoxin A

Marian Northington, Conway C. Huang

Dermatologic Surgery · 2004 · 24 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Paralytic lagophthalmos caused dry eyes and superficial punctate keratitis in our patient. To avoid this complication, if an injection is to be done in the lateral brow area, it should be done 1 cm above the orbital rim.

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Botulinum toxin treatment of synkinesia and hyperlacrimation after facial palsy

Babak Boroojerdi, A. Ferbert, Michael Schwarz et al. · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 1998 · 128 citations · Full text

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Norman Shorr, Stuart R. Seiff, Joel Kopelman · American Journal of Ophthalmology · 1985 · 117 citations

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Understanding Botulinum Toxin

JOSHUA M. WIEDER, Ronald L. Moy · Dermatologic Surgery · 1998 · 89 citations

Successful treatment of crocodile tears by injection of botulinum toxin into the lacrimal gland

Randolf Riemann, Stefan Pfennigsdorf, Elke Riemann et al. · Ophthalmology · 1999 · 80 citations

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Treatment of blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm with botulinum A toxin: a Canadian multicentre study.

Jacob Taylor, Stephen P. Kraft, Martin S. Kazdan et al. · PubMed · 1991 · 77 citations