Are nongenetic triggers for dystonia type-specific? A study exploring scoliosis in blepharospasm

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-578

  Martino, Davide ^a   Defazio, Giovanni ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^b   Marchese, Roberta ^b   Fabbrini, Giovanni ^c   Decembrino, Venturino ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Dystonia; Risk factors; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS;

AGED; BLEPHAROSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 34247191156     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21322     Document Type: Article

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