Meige Syndrome

41  relevant articles (5 outcomes, 2 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dyskinesia; Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome; Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome, Idiopathic; Idiopathic Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome; Syndrome, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia; Blepharospasm Oromandibular Dyskinesia; Blepharospasm Oromandibular Dystonia; Blepharospasm Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome; Blepharospasm Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome, Idiopathic; Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dyskinesias; Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia Syndromes; Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonias; Dyskinesia, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular; Dyskinesia, Idiopathic Orofacial; Dyskinesias, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular; Dyskinesias, Idiopathic Orofacial; Dystonia Syndrome, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular; Dystonia Syndromes, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular; Dystonia, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular; Dystonias, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular; Idiopathic Blepharospasm Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome; Idiopathic Orofacial Dyskinesias; Orofacial Dyskinesia, Idiopathic; Orofacial Dyskinesias, Idiopathic; Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia; Brueghel Syndrome; Idiopathic Orofacial Dyskinesia

Relationship Network

Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Blepharospasm
2.	Dyskinesias (Dyskinesia)
3.	Hemifacial Spasm
4.	Dystonia (Limb Dystonia)
5.	Tourette Syndrome (Tourette's Syndrome)

Experts

1.	Sabesan, T: 1 article (10/2008)
2.	Tisch, S: 1 article (09/2008)
3.	Blomstedt, P: 1 article (09/2008)
4.	Hariz, M I: 1 article (09/2008)
5.	Kim, Joong-Seok: 1 article (08/2008)
6.	An, Jae Young: 1 article (08/2008)
7.	Lee, Kwang Soo: 1 article (08/2008)
8.	Kim, Yeong-In: 1 article (08/2008)
9.	Heath, Susan L: 1 article (10/2007)
10.	Starr, Philip A: 1 article (10/2007)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Meige Syndrome:

1.	Botulinum Toxins (Botulinum Toxin)IBA 10/01/2008 - "A case of a 15-year-old boy with Meige syndrome who was managed with injection of botulinum toxin is presented." 10/01/2004 - "METHOD: Six men and four women with a diagnosis of Meige syndrome undergoing botulinum toxin injection were recruited" 10/01/2008 - "Meige syndrome: a rare form of cranial dystonia that was treated successfully with botulinum toxin." 07/01/2004 - "PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was carried out in patients with essential blepharospasm or Meige syndrome undergoing routine treatment with botulinum toxin A injections" 07/01/2000 - "Myasthenia gravis after botulinum toxin A for Meige syndrome." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Antipsychotic Agents (Antipsychotics)IBA 08/01/1982 - "Neuroleptics worsened symptoms in four patients with generalized dystonia and improved symptoms in one patient with Meige syndrome" 10/01/2001 - "We demonstrated the effect of clonazepam (2 mg/day) on Meige syndrome in two schizophrenic patients under continuous treatment with antipsychotic drugs, and changes in the plasma levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) in these cases" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	VigabatrinIBA 08/01/1985 - "We conducted a single-blind trial of gamma-vinyl-GABA (GVG) in nine patients: seven with tardive dyskinesia, one with Meige syndrome, and one with Tourette syndrome" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Botulinum Toxin Type A (Botox)FDA Link 11/01/1988 - "Four patients with severe Meige's disease (blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia) have been treated, after having given an informed consent, by local injections of purified botulinum toxin type "A"" 01/01/1997 - "Botulinum A toxin treatment for blepharospasm and Meige syndrome: report of 100 patients." 01/01/1988 - "13 patients with hemifacial spasm and 19 patients with blepharospasm (essential blepharospasm or Meige syndrome) were treated with injection of botulinum A toxin in the eyelids" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	LisurideIBA 06/01/1988 - "The patient described here had blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia, which responded transiently to oral lisuride" 06/01/1985 - "Improvement of Meige syndrome with lisuride]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Cholinergic Antagonists (Anticholinergics)IBA 01/01/1989 - "Effects of anticholinergic agents on the excitability of the blink reflex in Meige syndrome." Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Valproic Acid (Valproate, Semisodium)FDA LinkGeneric 11/01/1987 - "Sodium valproate appears to be ineffective in Meige syndrome." 11/01/1987 - "A double-blind crossover study of sodium valproate and placebo was conducted in five patients with Meige syndrome" 11/01/1987 - "Meige syndrome: double-blind crossover study of sodium valproate." Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Trihexyphenidyl (Artane)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/1983 - "Meige syndrome: treatment with trihexyphenidyl." Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Thioridazine (Mellaril)FDA LinkGeneric 12/01/1981 - "Two patients developed either blepharospasm or blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia following chronic therapy with chlorpromazine, haloperidol, or thioridazine" Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	Sulpiride (neogama)IBA 07/01/2002 - "To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating that Meige syndrome with apraxia of lid opening is induced by sulpiride, and that the condition persists." 07/01/2002 - "We report a case of Meige syndrome with apraxia of lid opening that lasted for about seven months after discontinuation of sulpiride treatment" 07/01/2002 - "Meige syndrome with apraxia of lid opening after the discontinuation of sulpiride treatment." Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 07/01/2001 - "We report that all dystonic symptoms that had been refractory to both pharmacotherapy and bilateral thalamotomy were markedly alleviated by bilateral pallidal stimulation in a patient with segmental axial dystonia advanced from Meige syndrome." 12/01/1996 - "CONCLUSION: While botulinum toxin is the most highly effective treatment for benign essential blepharospasm and Meige syndrome over a long period of time, adjunctive oral drug therapy, including minor tranquillisers as well as eyelid surgery, may augment its effectiveness." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Deep Brain Stimulation 09/01/2008 - "Pallidal deep brain stimulation in the treatment of Meige syndrome." 09/01/2005 - "Meige syndrome and pallidal deep brain stimulation." 10/15/2007 - "We describe the unusual clinical course of a patient with cranial dystonia (i.e., Meige syndrome) and additional upper limb involvement, who developed sustained relief of motor symptoms following cessation of a prolonged course of bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS)" 10/15/2007 - "Pallidal deep brain stimulation in patients with cranial-cervical dystonia (Meige syndrome)." 09/01/2005 - "There is little experience with the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in focal dystonias, and reports of its use in Meige syndrome are very rare" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Pallidotomy 05/01/1997 - "Ventrolateral (VL)-thalamotomy and posteroventral pallidotomy were carried out in 37 patients with idiopathic dystonia, including 23 with dystonia musculorum deformans, 12 with Meige syndrome and 2 with focal dystonia" Order ALL the reference details at left...