Familial Bell's palsy in females: A phenotype with a predilection for eyelids and lacrimal gland

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Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Zaidi, Farhan H ^a,c   Gregory Evans, Kevin ^a   Acheson, James F ^b   Ferguson, Veronica ^a  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Western Eye Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cranial nerve abnormality; Ectropion; Familial Bell's palsy; Heredity; Hyperlacrimation; Ptosis; Transient strabismus

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; ECTROPION; EYELID DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE REGENERATION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PARALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PTOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRABISMUS; SYNKINESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BELL PALSY; CONSANGUINITY; EYE DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 21344436385     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830490916082     Document Type: Article

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