Hemifacial spasm as a manifestation of pilocytic astrocytoma in a pediatric patient

Hemifacial spasm is a disorder of the seventh cranial nerve, which is characterized by irregular, involuntary and recurrent tonic and clonic contractions of the ipsilateral facial expression muscles. This disorder affects mainly adults, and there are few cases reported in childhood. The main etiolog...

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Autores principales: Masruha, Marcelo R., Fialho, Libânia M. N., da Nóbrega, Marcel V., Lin, Jaime, Pinho, Ricardo S., Cavalheiro, Sérgio, Vilanova, Luiz Celso P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977096
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84415

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977096
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84415

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