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A family study on primary blepharospasm.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Feb 2006
Defazio G, Martino D, Aniello M S, Masi G, Abbruzzese G, Lamberti S, Valente E M, Brancati F, Livrea P, Berardelli A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous family studies provided evidence that blepharospasm (BSP) can aggregate in families but did not give accurate and reliable information on the characteristics and degree of familial clustering. AIM: To evaluate the proportion of familial and non-familial BSP cases, the clinical expression of dystonia within families, the inheritance pattern, and the extent of penetrance. METHODS: The study was...
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