Eye symptoms in relatives of patients with primary adult-onset dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-307

  Defazio, Giovanni ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^b   Stella Aniello, Maria ^a   Di Fede, Roberta ^a   Esposito, Marcello ^c   Fabbrini, Giovanni ^d   Girlanda, Paolo ^e   Liguori, Rocco ^f   Marinelli, Lucio ^b   Martino, Davide ^a   Morgante, Francesca ^e   Santoro, Lucio ^c   Tinazzi, Michele ^g   Berardelli, Alfredo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Dystonia; Eye symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BURNING SENSATION; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BLEPHAROSPASM; DYSTONIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84856961771     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24026     Document Type: Article

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