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cord-010036-6czkzek0	Lorentz, I T	Treatment of idiopathic spasmodic torticollis with botulinum‐A toxin: a pilot study of 19 patients	1990-05-01		.txt	text/plain	3198	200	52	title: Treatment of idiopathic spasmodic torticollis with botulinum‐A toxin: a pilot study of 19 patients Nineteen patients with spasmodic torticollis, unresponsive to standard therapy, were administered local injections of botulinum‐A toxin into the affected muscles. Botulinum toxin is a very effective and safe method of treatment for spasmodic torticollis, (Med J Aust 1990; 152: 528-530) T he term "dystonia" was coined by Oppenheim in 1911 1 in describing six patients with alterations in muscle tone, sustained posturing and involuntary movements. A 48-year-old male mechanic suffering from haemochromatosis, which was treated with weekly venesections, developed spasmodic torticollis 18 months before he was referred for botulinum toxin treatment. In up to 15% of patients with ST the symptoms may remit in the first five years of the illness, so some cases of improvement may be examples of a natural remission hastened by botulinum toxin injections. Controlled trial of botulinum toxin injections in the treatment of spasmodic torticollis	./cache/cord-010036-6czkzek0.txt	./txt/cord-010036-6czkzek0.txt