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Descriptor English:   Hemifacial Spasm 
Descriptor Spanish:   Espasmo Hemifacial 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Espasmo Hemifacial 
Synonyms English:   Spasm, Hemifacial
Facial Spasm, Unilateral
Hemifacial Myokymia  
Tree Number:   C07.465.364
C10.597.613.750.400
C23.888.592.608.750.400
Definition English:   Recurrent clonic contraction of facial muscles, restricted to one side. It may occur as a manifestation of compressive lesions involving the seventh cranial nerve (FACIAL NERVE DISEASES), during recovery from BELL PALSY, or in association with other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1378) 
History Note English:   1998 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
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history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   33356 
Unique Identifier:   D019569 

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