Usefulness of FEES and responsiveness to tetrabenazine in a case of blepharospasm associated with dystonic-tremorous dsyphagia

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Apr;20(4):466-7. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.01.007. Epub 2014 Jan 21.

Authors

Inga Suttrup¹, Sonja Suntrup², Stephan Oelenberg², Christina Hamacher², Rainer Dziewas², Tobias Warnecke²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany. Electronic address: inga.suttrup@ukmuenster.de.
² Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.

PMID: 24495710
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.01.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Blepharospasm; Cervical dystonia; Dysphagia; Swallowing; Tetrabenazine.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Aged
Deglutition / drug effects
Deglutition / physiology
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Female
Humans
Meige Syndrome / drug therapy*
Tetrabenazine / therapeutic use*

Substances

Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
Tetrabenazine