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Bilateral Facial Spasm Following Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
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Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) [Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)] 2018 Apr 24; Vol. 8, pp. 476. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Apr 24 (Print Publication: 2018). - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background: We report a patient who developed lower facial muscle spasm at rest and bilateral facial synkinesis several months after treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS); this finding, to our knowledge, is hitherto unreported.<br />Phenomenology Shown: Bilateral synkinesis, facial muscles spasm at rest, bilateral postparalytic facial syndrome.<br />Educational Value: Aberrant regeneration of nerve fibers post GBS, resulting in facial muscles spasm at rest, bilateral synkinesis.<br />Competing Interests: Funding: None. Conflicts of Interest: The authors report no conflict of interest. Ethics Statement: All patients that appear on video have provided written informed consent; authorization for the videotaping and for publication of the videotape was provided.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2160-8288
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29971193
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7916/D83X9PPX