Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82000938;No.82000857).
AIM:To investigate the relationship between benign essential blepharospasm(BEB)symptoms and depression/anxiety/sleep disorder in a prospective manner and to determine whether treatment the BEB with botulinum toxin typ...
Background:Benign essential blepharospasm(BEB),aberrant facial nerve degeneration and hemifacial spasm(HFS)are all examples dystonia which,though not life-threatening,can have a significant impact on patient quality o...
[Objectives]To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture on blepharospasm.[Methods]72 patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group with 36 cases in each group.In the treatment group,Shenmai,Z...
Objective:To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture plus Dang Gui Bu Xue Qu Feng Tang for benign essential blepharospasm(BEB).Methods:A prospective randomized controlled trial was performed.A total of 105 pa...
The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81200981,81,371,407);the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(No.13YZ026);the Intramural Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Photophobia is a common symptom seen in many neurologic disorders,however,its pathophysiology remains unclear.Even the term is ambiguous.In this paper,we review the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of photopho...
Objective:To observe the clinical effect of aligned needling method in treating idiopathic blepharospasm.Methods:Seventy-eight patients with idiopathic blepharospasm were randomized into two groups.Forty-six cases in ...
The Science and Technology Projects of GuangdongProvince,China (2010B060500006)
Purpose:To observe the efficacy of the combined treatment of carbamazepine and botulinum toxin A for blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. Methods:Fifty-eight patients with either blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm were ...
This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,National Institutes of Health.
Background:Focal dystonia is a neurological disorder characterized by unwanted muscle spasms.Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia producing an involuntary closure of the eyelid.Its etiology is unknown.Objective:To invest...