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Blepharospasm

Known as: Blepharospasms, twitch eyelid, Eyelid twitching 
Excessive winking; tonic or clonic spasm of the orbicularis oculi muscle.
National Institutes of Health

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29 relations

Narrower (2)

Benign essential blepharospasmPARKINSON DISEASE 15, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE (disorder)
Botulinum Toxin Type ACeruloplasmin deficiencyChoreoathetosisCyproheptadine

Broader (3)

Dystonia DisordersExtrapyramidal and movement disordersEyelid Diseases

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Relationship between various clinical outcome assessments in patients with blepharospasm
The objective was to analyze the metric properties of the Jankovic Rating Scale (JRS) and a self‐rating patient response outcome… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Efficacy and safety of a new Botulinum Toxin Type A free of complexing proteins in the treatment of blepharospasm
Summary.NT 201 is a new development of Botulinum Toxin Type A free of complexing proteins. In this double-blind Phase III trial… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Inhibition of climbing fibres is a signal for the extinction of conditioned eyelid responses
A fundamental tenet of cerebellar learning theories asserts that climbing fibre afferents from the inferior olive provide a… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Reboxetine: a pharmacologically potent, selective, and specific norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor
Review
1998
Review
1998
Aceruloplasminemia: an inherited neurodegenerative disease with impairment of iron homeostasis.
Aceruloplasminemia is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive neurodegeneration of the retina and basal… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Properties and use of botulinum toxin and other microbial neurotoxins in medicine.
Crystalline botulinum toxin type A was licensed in December 1989 by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of certain… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Familial apoceruloplasmin deficiency associated with blepharospasm and retinal degeneration
A 52-year-old woman had a newly recognized disorder of familial hypoceruloplasminemia, blepharospasm, retinal degeneration, and… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Botulinum A toxin injection as a treatment for blepharospasm.
Thirty-nine patients with blepharospasm were treated with injections of botulinum A toxin into the lid and brow. The maximum… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The tarsal strip procedure.
We have developed a procedure that is particularly useful for (1) paralytic or senile upper and lower eyelid laxity, (2) lateral… 
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
Anxiety and strength of the UCS as determiners of the amount of eyelid conditioning.
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