Electrical stimulation as a therapeutic option to improve eyelid function in chronic facial nerve disorders

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 547-554

  Gittins, John ^a,b   Martin, Kevin ^a   Sheldrick, James ^a   Reddy, Ashwin ^a   Thean, Leonard ^a  

^a Department of Medical Physics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Medical Physics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENERVATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EYELID; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033044945     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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