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Case Reports
. 2021 May 29;8(5):782-784.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13252. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Elevation of the Lower Eyelid: A Sign to Differentiate Pretarsal Blepharospasm from Apraxia of Eyelid Opening

Madhusudanan Mohan  1 , Reji Thomas  1 , Sheetal Sasikumar  1
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Case Reports

Elevation of the Lower Eyelid: A Sign to Differentiate Pretarsal Blepharospasm from Apraxia of Eyelid Opening

Madhusudanan Mohan et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .
No abstract available

Keywords: apraxia; blepharospasm; eyelid; pretarsal.

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No specific funding was received for this work. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this work.

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