Hemifacial spasm: Clinical characteristics of 321 Indian patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1561-1565

  Batla, Amit ^a   Goyal, Chanchal ^a   Shukla, Garima ^a   Goyal, Vinay ^a   Srivastava, Achal ^a   Behari, Madhuri ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ear clicking; Facial nerve; Facial weakness; Hemifacial spasm

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR DISEASE; EATING; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTALIS MUSCLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; IPSILATERAL EAR CLICKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; SLEEP; SPEECH; SUN EXPOSURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEVISION VIEWING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867332604     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6376-3     Document Type: Article

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