The treatment with alendronate in hemifacial spasm associated with Paget's disease of bone

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-51

  Fu, Ko Kwai ^a   Ko, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Medical Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Hemifacial spasm; Paget's disease

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; PAGET BONE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALENDRONATE; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS DEFORMANS;

EID: 0342470657     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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