RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prevalence of hemifacial spasm in Oslo, Norway
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1532
OP 1533
DO 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142080.85228.E8
VO 63
IS 8
A1 Nilsen, Beate
A1 Le, Khanh-Dung
A1 Dietrichs, Espen
YR 2004
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/63/8/1532.abstract
AB All patients seeking medical or surgical treatment for hemifacial spasm (HFS) in Oslo, Norway were identified in a service-based prevalence study. Only four hospital departments offered services for Oslo citizens with HFS. Fifty patients with HFS were treated. The total prevalence was 9.8 per 100,000. The prevalence increased with age to 39.7 among those older than 70 years. The use of antihypertensive drugs was significantly more common in HFS patients (36%) than in Oslo’s general population.