Familial hemifacial spasm
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Movement Disorders
- Vol. 4 (3) , 213-218
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.870040303
Abstract
We present a family in which hemifacial spasm involving in all cases the left side of the face occurred in five persons in three generations. Blink reflexes recorded in two cases demonstrated an unexpected R1 component on the affected side during stimulation of the contralateral side.Keywords
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