Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital

London

WC1N 3JH

020 7405 9200

Diagnosis and treatment

Dystonia in Children

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Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: All types
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Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: All types
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Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: All types
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Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: All types
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Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections and laser myotomy (for laryngeal) | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm, cervical, hemifacial spasm, laryngeal and oromandibular
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Services available: Botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm
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Services available: Botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm
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Services available: Diagnosis | Dystonia types: All types
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What is dystonia?

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that is estimated to affect at least 100,000 people in the UK. Learn about it here and request an information booklet.
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What causes dystonia?

The cause of dystonia is not yet fully understood, in some cases at least it can be attributed to a chemical imbalance in the part of the brain called the basal ganglia, a part which helps to control movement.
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