Hemifacial spasm: Clinical findings and treatment

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1740-1747

  Wang, Anchi ^a   Jankovic, Joseph ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Botulinum toxin; Dystonia; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031761314     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199812)21:12<1740::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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