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“Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a chronic movement disorder which presents as clonic and/or tonic facial muscle contractions frequently accompanied by many other sensory (visual or auditory disturbances, pain), motor (facial weakness, trismus, bruxism, dysarthria) and/or autonomic (lacrimation, salivation) symptoms. The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence of HFS non-motor and motor-related symptoms and their responsiveness to botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) therapy. 56 HFS patients were included in the open-label design study. Patients were examined

three times: before BTX-A injection, and 2 and 12 weeks later. The occurrence of non-motor and motor-related symptoms was assessed by a special questionnaire, and the severity of HFS was rated by the Clinical Global Impression-Severity scale Selleckchem RG 7112 (CGI-S) and depression symptoms by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Over 81% of the patients before BTX-A therapy reported HFS non-motor and motor-related symptoms.

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acute type B dissection who underwent TEVAR at two centers were reviewed and 124 who met the following criteria were included in this study: (1) dissection involving the aorta below the level of the celiac artery, (2) completely patent false lumen at the time of intervention, and (3) complete initial diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scans and all follow-up CT scans available. Exclusion criteria were (1) aortic dissection secondary to trauma, (2) intramural hematoma, and (3) Marfan patients. The main outcome measures were demographics, comorbidity profiles, technical details of procedures, anatomic characteristics of dissection, and false lumen status of thrombosis during follow-up. Ordinal regression analysis was performed with variables that reached P < .