Journal article
Positron Emission Tomography in Patients With Benign Essential Blepharospasm
Abstract
PURPOSE: To identify possible abnormalities in regional cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with benign essential blepharospasm or Meige syndrome using positron emission tomography.
METHODS: Ten patients with benign essential blepharospasm and one patient with Meige syndrome were examined using positron emission tomography with deoxyglucose labeled with fluorine 18. The severity of muscle spasm at the time of positron emission tomography …
Authors
Esmaeli-Gutstein B; Nahmias C; Thompson M; Kazdan M; Harvey J
Journal
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 23–27
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 1999
DOI
10.1097/00002341-199901000-00006
ISSN
0740-9303