blepharospasm
focal dystonia that is characterized by the involuntary, forcible contraction of the muscles controlling eye blinks
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blepharospasm
Summary
blepharospasm is a class of disease[1]. blepharospasm has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- blepharospasm's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
- blepharospasm is a type of focal dystonia[4].
- blepharospasm is a type of cranio-facial dystonia[5].
- blepharospasm is a type of disease[6].
- blepharospasm's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N99[7].
- blepharospasm's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
- blepharospasm's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 333.81[9].
- blepharospasm's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C118723[10].
- blepharospasm's health specialty is recorded as neurology[11].
- blepharospasm's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as botulinum toxin type A[12].
- blepharospasm's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as cyproheptadine[13].
- blepharospasm's genetic association is recorded as DRD5[14].
- blepharospasm's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_529[15].
- blepharospasm's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:529[16].
- blepharospasm's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000643[17].
- blepharospasm's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[18].
Why It Matters
blepharospasm has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] blepharospasm is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]