Familial hemifacial spasm.
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.
Department of Neurology, Warsaw Medical Academy, Poland.
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Friedman
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Jamrozik
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Bojakowski
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001767:Blinking; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D013035:Spasm / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology