Swallowing disorders in patients with blepharospasm.

Cersósimo, María G; Juri, Silvia; Suárez de Chandler, Silvia; Clerici, Roxana; Micheli, Federico E

Cersósimo, María G; Juri, Silvia; Suárez de Chandler, Silvia; Clerici, Roxana; Micheli, Federico E.

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Micheli, Federico E; Programa de Parkinson y Movimientos Anormales, Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad de Buenos Aires..

Medicina (B.Aires) ; 65(2): 117-20, 2005.

Article em En | BINACIS | ID: bin-38329

Biblioteca responsável: AR2.1

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia characterized by involuntary eye closure due to abnormal contraction of orbicular eyelid muscles. When blepharospasm is associated to the presence of involuntary oromandibular movements, it is termed Meige syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of deglutition alterations in patients with concurrent blepharospasm and Meige syndrome. Twenty consecutive patients were studied by video fluoroscopy using a barium technique. The 4 stages of deglutition were investigated. Ninety percent of patients (18 cases) presented deglutition disorders. The more commonly found alterations were premature food drop, 15 cases (83

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Coleções: 06-national / AR Base de dados: BINACIS Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Medicina (B.Aires) Ano de publicação: 2005 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Argentina

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