Transcranial magnetic stimulation in peripheral facial nerve palsy of central origin.
We describe a 24-year-old woman with a peripheral facial nerve palsy associated with one-and-a-half syndrome due to multiple sclerosis. Transcranial magnetic stimulation located the facial nerve dysfunction in the brainstem.
Westerink
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Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Municipal Hospitals, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation