Prevalence of blepharospasm and apraxia of eyelid opening in patients with parkinsonism, cervical dystonia and essential tremor

European Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 318-321

  Rana, Abdul Qayyum ^a   Kabir, Ashish ^b   Dogu, Okan ^c   Patel, Ami ^d   Khondker, Sumaiya ^b  

^a Parkinson's Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre   (Canada)

^b All Saints University School of Medicine   (Dominica)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Cervical dystonia; Essential tremor; Parkinsonism; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL PARKINSONISM; BLEPHAROSPASM; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; RESCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

APRAXIAS; BLEPHAROSPASM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 84867480527     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341621     Document Type: Article

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