The other Babinski sign in hemifacial spasm.

نویسندگان

  • William Stamey
  • Joseph Jankovic
چکیده

Rarely attributed to Babinski is a phenomenon observed in patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS), which he first described in 1905. This “other Babinski sign”1 is manifested as follows: “when orbicularis oculi contracts and the eye closes, the internal part of the frontalis contracts at the same time, the eyebrow rises during eye occlusion,” “this set of occurrences is impossible to reproduce by will ...”2 In this study we examined the utility of the “other Babinski sign” in differentiating HFS from blepharospasm (BSP).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neurology

دوره 69 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007