Epileptic Disorders
MENUHemifacial spasm or subcortical epilepsy? Volume 1, numéro 2, Juin 1999
Auteurs
Child Neurology and Metabolic Diseases Dpt., Hôpital Robert-Debré, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France
- Page(s) : 121-5
- Année de parution : 1999
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a movement disorder, characterised by involuntary, episodic twitches of muscles innervated by the facial nerve. HFS mostly occurs in adults and is usually considered to be of peripheral origin. Other conditions that can be mistaken clinically for HFS are essential blepharospasm, focal cortical seizures involving the facial muscles, tardive dyskinesia, and aberrant regeneration after facial nerve injury [1]. Repetitive, [...]