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Focal Cranial Dystonia
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1983
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Neurological DisorderVoice DisordersPathological SpeechBrain LesionPhoniatricsPhoneticsNeurologySpeech Motor ControlNeuropathologyMotor DisorderFocal Cranial DystoniasHealth SciencesRehabilitationFocal Cranial DystoniaIdiopathic DystoniaBlepharospasm-oromandibular DystoniaSpeechlanguage PathologyNeuroanatomyMotor SpeechNeuroscienceCentral Nervous SystemSpeech PerceptionMedicine
In the neurologic literature there has been a growing recognition of a syndrome of focal cranial dystonias referred to variously as blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia, Brueghel's syndrome, or Meige's syndrome. Typically, this syndrome presents as an isolated and idiopathic dystonia of facial or oromandibular muscles occasionally prompting a referral to a speech pathologist. Our findings in a group of 10 patients with this diagnosis are presented, and the negligible effect of an intensive program of speech management for one subject is described.