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Autism-Open Access

Autism-Open Access
Open Access

ISSN: 2165-7890

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Zoe J. Schefter

Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Publications
  • Case Report   
    Can Botox Reduce Self-Injurious Behavior in Young Patients with Chronic Head Pain and Autism/Developmental Delay?
    Author(s): Victoria Karian*, Cindy Yu-Hsing Chang, Zoe J. Schefter and Alyssa Lebel

    Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by neurological, psychiatric and medical comorbidities, revealed in childhood, often including intellectual disability. Migraine is a very common neurological disorder, characterized by moderate to severe head pain. It is likely that experiencing severe migraine head pain might lead a young person with ASD to self-injurious behavior, such as striking or banging their heads. Botox for chronic migraine protocol is used to treat patients with frequent migraine episodes. While this protocol is off-label for persons under 18 years, it has been used with good efficacy to treat teenagers with chronic migraine and head pain. Two patients in our headache clinic population were identified as having ASD/intellectual disability, chronic migraine pain and self-injurious behavior. These patients underwent the Botox for chronic mig.. View More»
    DOI: 10.35248/2165-7890.22.12.333

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