Young onset Hemifacial Spasm in patients with Chiari type I malformation

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-68

  Felício, Andre Carvalho ^a   Godeiro Jr , Clecio de ^a   Borges, Vanderci ^a   de Azevedo Silva, Sonia Maria ^a   Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Chiari malformation; Hemifacial spasm; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38349169283     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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