1. Prevalence of primary blepharospasm in a community of Puglia region, Southern Italy
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F. Valluzzi, Paolo Livrea, R. De Salvia, Rocco Liguori, G Manobianca, D. Anaclerio, Vincenzo Coviello, Davide Martino, Vito Guerra, Giancarlo Logroscino, and Giovanni Defazio
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Eye disease ,Blepharospasm ,Prevalence ,Apraxia ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Primary Blepharospasm ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Italy ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Eyelid ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
The authors ascertained the prevalence of primary blepharospasm (BSP) in a community located in Puglia, a region in Southern Italy, by focusing on neurologists and ophthalmologists. The crude prevalence rates were 133 per million (95% CI, 61--153) for both focal and segmental BSP, 74 per million (95% CI, 24--173) for focal BSP, and 59 per million (95% CI, 16--151) for segmental BSP. Prevalence rate increased with age. Apraxia of eyelid opening and BSP coexisted in one third of cases. more...
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- 2001
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