Blink reflex recovery curves in blepharospasm, torticollis spasmodica, and hemifacial spasm

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-15

  Eekhof, Job L A ^a   Aramideh, Majid ^a   Bour, Lo J ^a   Hilgevoord, Anton A J ^a   Speelman, Hans D ^a   Ongerboer De Visser, Bram W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

blepharospasm; blink reflex; hemifacial spasm; torticollis spasmodica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORTICOLLIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROSPASM; BLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPASM; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0030068448     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199601)19:1<10::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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