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NOVEL: Patient Portal

General Information

  • Guide to eye disease terms from the Medical Library Association
  • An Author’s Guide - suggestions for developing patient education materials

CONDITIONS

  • Anisocoria
  • Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
  • Blepharospasm
  • Drusen
  • Dry Eye Syndrome
  • Hemifacial Spasm
  • Homonymous Hemianopia
  • Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsy
  • Migraine
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Optic Nerve Glioma
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Pituitary Tumors
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Thyroid Orbitopathy
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Hemifacial Spasm

The patient with Hemifacial spasm experiences involuntary contractions, called “spasms,” of the muscles on one side of the face.

  • Hemifacial Spasm (HFS) - Patient Informational Brochures (NANOS)
  • Hemifacial Spasm - Materials from the NOVEL collections
  • Hemifacial Spasm Video - Wray Collection, NOVEL
  • Hemifacial Spasm Video - Wray Collection, NOVEL
  • Moran Collection (Digre), NOVEL
  • Hemifacial Spasm - eMedicine from WebMD (WebMD)
  • Medline MeSh search on Hemifacial Spasm
  • NINDS Hemifacial Spasm Information Page (NINDS)
  • Hemifacial Spasm Association (HFSA) (Support Group)

A collaboration of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Initially funded by the National Library of Medicine Grant #G08 LM07919-02. All work herein is licensed under a Creative Commons License.