Posterior auricular muscle 'dystonia' [5]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Alonso Navarro, H ^a   Puertas, I ^a   Cabrera Valdivia, F ^a   De Toledo Heras, M ^a   Garcia Albea E ^a   Jimenez Jimenez F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Ear dyskinesia; Ear wiggling; Postauricular muscle complex

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTERNAL EAR; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIC;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EAR, EXTERNAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 34347335725     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01821.x     Document Type: Letter

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