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Apraxia of Eyelid Opening and Blepharospasm in Two Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 Patients Cover

Apraxia of Eyelid Opening and Blepharospasm in Two Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 Patients

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|Jan 2022

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Two SCA3 patients with eyelid opening apraxia and asymmetrical blepharospasm.

Patient 1, segment 1 shows severe global hypokinesia during the finger-nose-finger test and severe hands dystonia. Patient 1, Segment 2 shows quite disabling apraxia of eyelid opening and very subtle asymmetrical blepharospasm (worse on the right side).

Patient 2, segment 1, focus on observing the asymmetrical blepharospasm (also worse on the right side). Patient 2, segment 2, better elicits the eyelid opening apraxia (less evident in this patient).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.677 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 6, 2021
Accepted on: Jan 6, 2022
Published on: Jan 17, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2022 Thiago G. Guimarães, Lucas R. Montanha, Fernando Freua, Anderson R. B. Paiva, Lúcia I. Macedo-Souza, Fernando Kok, published by Ubiquity Press
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