Aintree University Hospital

Lower Lane, Aintree

Liverpool

L9 7AL

0151 525 5980

Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections

Laryngeal / Blepharospasm

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Services available: Botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm
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