The new pathogenetic treatment of cervical dystonia: rationale, methods, outcomes
Naryshkin, A.G.; Preobrazhenskaia, I.G.; Timofeev, I.S.; Filimonov, V.N.; Sheliakin, A.M.
Zhurnal Voprosy Neirokhirurgii Imeni N. N. Burdenko 3: 7
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8817 PMID: 11221344 Document Number: 518346
The paper presents data obtained from studies of the impact of the otolithic apparatus of the inner ear on the degree of symptoms of cervical dystonia. The findings make it possible to substantiate a pathogenetic treatment of this disease, which involves intratimpanal unilateral injection of the vestibulotoxic antibiotic streptomycin. The results achieved and the mechanisms of the therapeutical effect observed are discussed.