Young onset hemifacial spasm

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-62

  Tan, E K ^a,b   Chan, L L ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Hemifacial spasm; Old onset; Young onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASILAR ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745024307     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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