Electrophysiological determination of the site involved in generating abnormal muscle responses in hemifacial spasm

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1013-1018

  Tankéré, Frédéric ^a   Maisonobe, Thierry ^a   Lamas, Georges ^a   Soudant, Jacques ^a   Bouche, Pierre ^a   Fournier, Emmanuel ^a   Willer, Jean Claude ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Abnormal cross transmission; Abnormal muscle response; Hemifacial spasm; Idiopathic; Post Bell's palsy; XII VII anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 2642654230     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199808)21:8<1013::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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