Hemifacial Spasm in Childhood Journal Articles

abstract

• ABSTRACT:A nine-year-old girl presented with right hemifacial spasm (HFS) of 27 months duration. Stimulation of the right supraorbital nerve produced synkinesis of the ipsilateral facial muscles. Latency and amplitude of the blink reflex were equal bilaterally. Other investigations including computerized tomography (CT) were negative. Treatment with carbamazepine was not helpful. This is the third reported case of HFS in childhood.

authors

• Ronen, Gabriel
• Donat, Jeffery R
• Hill, Alan

status

• published 

publication date

• November 1986

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1109 Neurosciences (FoR)
• 1702 Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Child (MeSH)
• Facial Muscles (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Membrane Potentials (MeSH)
• Neurology & Neurosurgery (Science Metrix)
• Spasm (MeSH)
• Trigeminal Nerve (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Child
• Facial Muscles
• Female
• Humans
• Membrane Potentials
• Spasm
• Trigeminal Nerve

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s0317167100036714

PubMed ID

• 3779536

start page

• 342

end page

• 343

volume

• 13

issue

• 4