Clinical assessment of patients with primary and postparalytic hemifacial spasm: A retrospective study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 B, 2007, Pages 783-786

  Felicio, Andre Carvalho ^a,b   Godeiro Jr , Clecio De Oliveira ^a   Borges, Vanderci ^a   Silva, Sonia Maria De Azevedo ^a   Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Hemifacial spasm; Hypertension; Neuroimaging; Neurovascular contact

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNICITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIC;

EID: 35448935641     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000500009     Document Type: Article

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