We studied sleep patterns for three nights in 10 subjects with moderate to severe progressive supranuclear palsy and correlated the findings with disease severity using quantitative measures of motor, cognitive, abd eye movement impairment. All subjects had severe insomnia, spending 2 to 6 hours awa
Eyelid movement abnormalities in progressive supranuclear palsy
β Scribed by Dr. Lawrence I. Golbe; Frederick E. Lepore; Patricia H. Davis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 402 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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β¦ Synopsis
We systematically videotaped eyelid movements in a communitybased series of 38 patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Ten patients (26%) had blepharospasm, "apraxia" of lid opening andor "apraxia" of lid closing. These patients as a group had more severe upgaze paresis but no I Videotape segments accompany this article.
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