Development and validation of a clinical scale for rating the severity of blepharospasm.
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SUBMITTER: Defazio G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4878674 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
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Development and validation of a clinical scale for rating the severity of blepharospasm.
Defazio Giovanni G Hallett Mark M Jinnah Hyder A HA Stebbins Glenn T GT Gigante Angelo F AF Ferrazzano Gina G Conte Antonella A Fabbrini Giovanni G Berardelli Alfredo A
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 20150401 4
Existing scales for rating the severity of blepharospasm (BSP) are limited by a number of potential drawbacks. We therefore developed and validated a novel scale for rating the severity of BSP. The development of the scale started with careful examination of the clinical spectrum of the condition by a panel of experts who selected phenomenological aspects thought to be relevant to disease severity. Thereafter, selected items were first checked for reliability, then reliable items were combined t ...[more]
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