Hemifacial Spasm

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Ho S.L. , Cheng P.W. , Wong W.C. A case-controlled MRI/MRA study of neurovascular contact in hemifacial spasm. Neurology 1999; 53(9): 2132–9.

Lee M.S. , Kim M.S. , Hong I.S. Clinical usefulness of magnetic resonance cisternography in patients having hemifacial spasm. Yonsei Med J 2001; 42(4): 390–4.

Tan E.K. , Chan L.L. Clinico-radiologic correlation in unilateral and bilateral hemifacial spasm. J Neurol Sci 2004; 222(1-2): 59–64.

Du C. , Korogi Y. , Nagahiro S. Hemifacial spasm: Three-dimensional MR images in the evaluation of neurovascular compression. Radiology 1995; 197(1): 227–31.

Wang A. , Jankovic J. Hemifacial spasm: Clinical findings and treatment. Muscle Nerve 1998; 21(12): 1740–7.

Acevedo J.C. , Sindou M. , Fischer C. , Vial C. Microvascular decompression for the treatment of hemifacial spasm. Retrospective study of a consecutive series of 75 operated patients—electrophysiologic and anatomical surgical analysis. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1997; 68(1-4 Pt 1): 260–5.

Cacès F. , Chays A. , Magnan J. Results of treatment of hemifacial spasm by surgical and endoscopic neurovascular decompression. Analysis of 60 records [in French]. Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac 1996; 113(3): 119–31.

Daniele O. , Caravaglios G. , Marchini C. Gabapentin in the treatment of hemifacial spasm. Acta Neurol Scand 2001; 104(2): 110–12.

Frei K. , Truong D.D. , Dressler D. Botulinum toxin therapy of hemifacial spasm: Comparing different therapeutic preparations. Eur J Neurol 2006; 13(Suppl 1): 30–5.

Jost W.H. , Kohl A. Botulinum toxin: Evidence-based medicine criteria in blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. J Neurol 2001; 248(Suppl 1): 21–4.

Bandini F. , Mazzella L. Gabapentin as treatment for hemifacial spasm. Eur Neurol 1999; 42(1): 49–51.

Felicio A.C. , Godeiro Cde O Jr. , Borges V. Bilateral hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia: A unique form of painful tic convulsif. Mov Disord 2007; 22(2): 285–6.

Linazasoro Cristóbal G. Efficacy and tolerance of gabapentin in dystonia and hemifacial spasm: A pilot study. Rev Neurol 2001; 33(5): 408–10.