Treatment choices of 119 patients with hemifacial spasm over 11 years

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-216

  Mauriello Jr , Joseph A ^a   Leone, Tina ^a   Dhillon, Shamina ^a   Pakeman, Basil ^a   Mostafavi, Ramin ^a   Yepez, Maria C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Botulinum toxin; Hemifacial spasm; Type A

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER EYELID;

EID: 0030217855     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(96)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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