Sensory modulation of the blink reflex in patients with blepharospasm

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1233-1237

  Gomez Wong, Evelia ^a   Marti, Maria J ^a,b   Tolosa, Eduardo ^c,d,e   Vallis Solé, Josep ^a  

^a Electromyography Unit   (Spain)

^b Parkinson and Abnormal Movements Unit   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; EYELID REFLEX; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031753572     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.9.1233     Document Type: Article

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