A comparative study of primary and secondary hemifacial spasm

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 441-444

  Colosimo, Carlo ^a   Bologna, Matteo ^a   Lamberti, Simona ^b   Avanzino, Lucio ^c   Marinelli, Laura ^c   Fabbrini, Giovanni ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^c   Defazio, Giovanni ^b   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644885754     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.3.441     Document Type: Article

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