Sun exposure is an environmental factor for the development of blepharospasm

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 420-424

  Molloy, Anna ^a,b   Williams, Laura ^a,b   Kimmich, Okka ^a,b   Butler, John S ^c   Beiser, Ines ^a,b   McGovern, Eavan ^a,b   O'Riordan, Sean ^a,b   Reilly, Richard B ^c   Walsh, Cathal ^c,d   Hutchinson, Michael ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LATITUDE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS;

BLEPHAROSPASM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84962198383     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-310266     Document Type: Article

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