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FACIAL HEMISPASM [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Spasmodic unilateral contraction of facial muscles, usually due to an irritative lesion of the facial nerve in its canal, less often to a lesion of the facial nucleus in the brainstem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Syndrome primitif ou survenant au décours d'une paralysie faciale périphérique, caractérisée par des contractions spasmodiques, intermittentes, involontaires et non douloureuses intéressant toute la musculature commandée par le nerf facial.

Spanish

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