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Background & Importance: Primary hemifacial spasm is usually caused by microvascular compression of the facial nerve at its root exit zone at brainstem without any space-occupying pathology.
Mohammad-Javad Mirzayan +3 more
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Purpose: Cluster headache is one of the most serious types of headache that is accompanied by autonomic parasympathetic symptoms. Its association with hemifacial spasm in the same side had been rarely reported. The aim of this report is describing a case
Abbas Bagheri +5 more
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Flanker Task Performance in Isolated Dystonia (Blepharospasm): A Focus on Sequential Effects
Isolated dystonia manifests with involuntary muscle hyperactivity, but the extent of cognitive impairment remains controversial. We examined the executive functions in blepharospasm while accounting for motor symptom-related distractions as a factor ...
Max Pekrul +4 more
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Vascular loop in the cerebellopontine angle causing pulsatile tinnitus and headache [PDF]
Tinnitus is a common disorder, it can be classified as pulsatile and non-pulsatile or objective and subjective. Pulsatile tinnitus is less common than non-pulsatile and can be due to vascular tumour such as glomus or vascular abnormality. We presented an
Asma, A. +3 more
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Differentiating Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease from Controls and Hemifacial Spasm [PDF]
10.1371/journal.pone.0049596PLoS ...
A Schrag +35 more
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Computer Vision Technologies in Movement Disorders: A Systematic Review
Abstract Background Evaluation of movement disorders primarily relies on phenomenology. Despite refinements in diagnostic criteria, the accuracy remains suboptimal. Such a gap may be bridged by machine learning and video technology, which permit objective, quantitative, non‐invasive motor analysis.
Pasquale Maria Pecoraro +4 more
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Ischemic complications are generally rare complications in microvascular decompression surgery for hemifacial spasm. We report a case of posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) infarction post-microvascular decompression. A 68-year old woman with a 2-
Naohide Fujita +5 more
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Botulinum toxin type A efficient treatment in patients with hemifacial spasm, Guantanamo 2018-2019
Introduction: no research records were found addressing the results of the application of botulinum toxin type A in patients with hemifacial spasm in Guantanamo province.
Talía Marzo-Ramírez +1 more
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Health-related quality of life outcomes from botulinum toxin treatment in hemifacial spasm
Background: Although botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections may alleviate involuntary muscle contractions in hemifacial spasm substantially, it is less clear whether the motor effect would translate into improvements of health-related quality of life (HR-
Daniel Weiss +10 more
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Botulinum Neurotoxins: History, Mechanism, and Applications. A Narrative Review
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by Clostridium botulinum, bind irreversibly to presynaptic cholinergic nerve terminals and exploit a zinc‐dependent mechanism to cleave SNARE proteins, blocking acetylcholine release and causing flaccid paralysis.
Arik Monash +3 more
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