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Gaze‐evoked blepharoclonus
Author(s) -
Keane James R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410030310
Subject(s) - clonus , gaze , medicine , carbamazepine , eccentric , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , anesthesia , neuroscience , epilepsy , physics , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis
Painful bilateral orbicularis clonus on eccentric gaze developed in 2 patients with demyelinating disease. This unusual phenomenon was of variable intensity but persisted for years and did not respond to phenytoin or carbamazepine therapy.