Kinematic and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Definition of Familial Marcus Gunn Jaw-Winking Synkinesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Conte, Antonella ^a   Brancati, Francesco ^b,g   Garaci, Francesco ^c,d   Toschi, Nicola ^c   Bologna, Matteo ^a   Fabbrini, Giovanni ^a,e   Falla, Marika ^e   Dallapiccola, Bruno ^f   Bollero, Patrizio ^c   Floris, Roberto ^c   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,e  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; JAW OPENING REFLEX; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MARCUS GUNN JAW WINKING SYNKINESIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PTOSIS; SYNKINESIS; TEGMENTUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; JAW ABNORMALITIES; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SYNDROME; SYNKINESIS;

EID: 84871338847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051749     Document Type: Article

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