Analysis of blink rate in patients with blepharospasm

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1225-1229

  Bentivoglio, Anna Rita ^a   Daniele, Antonio ^a   Albanese, Alberto ^b   Tonali, Pietro Attilio ^a,c   Fasano, Alfonso ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Blinking; Dystonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLEPHAROSPASM; BLINKING; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33748363532     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20889     Document Type: Article

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