Assertion: blepharospasm | /r/HasProperty | secondary
Facets:
value: including systemic neurologic diseases
type: OTHER
value: including keratoconjunctivitis sicca
type: OTHER
value: including corneal foreign body
type: OTHER
value: rarely
type: DEGREE
value: to eye disorders
type: OTHER
value: including those
type: OTHER
value: in the majority of cases
type: TEMPORAL
value: including trichiasis
type: OTHER
value: including eg
type: OTHER
value: due to drug exposure
type: CAUSE
value: in other cases
type: OTHER
value: to an eye condition
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: If there is associated eye irritation this suggests the blepharospasm is not BEB but is secondary to an eye condition.
text: Blepharospasm is primary in the majority of cases, and secondary in the few cases in which it is due to structural brain lesions or is drug induced (Jankovic, 2006; Tolosa, 1993).
text: Defects in DRD5 are a cause of blepharospasm, a primary focal dystonia affecting the orbicularis oculi muscles.
text: Blepharospasm may be secondary due to drug exposure or occur in association with disorders such as parkinsonian syndromes and Wilson's disease.
text: Rarely, blepharospasm may be secondary to eye disorders, including those that cause ocular irritation (eg, trichiasis, an inward growing eye lash), corneal foreign body, keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye), and systemic neurologic diseases that cause spasm (eg, Parkinson disease).
text: Blepharospasm may be secondary due to drug exposure or occur with other disorders such as, parkinsonian syndromes, and Wilson’s disease.
text: In other cases, blepharospasm may be secondary to drug therapy for other diseases (ex.
text: Rarely, blepharospasm may be secondary to eye disorders, including those that cause ocular irritation (eg, trichiasis, an inward growing eye lash), corneal foreign body, keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye), and systemic neurologic diseases that cause spasm (eg, Parkinson disease).
text: Blepharospasm is primary in the majority of cases, and secondary in the few cases in which it is due to structural brain lesions or is drug induced (Jankovic, 2006; Tolosa, 1993).