Publications by authors named "Khanh-Dung Le"
All patients seeking medical or surgical treatment for hemifacial spasm (HFS) in Oslo, Norway were identified in a service-based prevalence study. Only four hospital departments offered services for Oslo citizens with HFS. Fifty patients with HFS were treated.
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- A service-based prevalence study in Oslo identified 129 patients with focal and segmental dystonia seeking medical treatment.
- The overall prevalence of dystonia was found to be 25.4 per 100,000, with rates increasing significantly with age—from 4.1 in those under 30 to 58.7 in those over 70.
- Patients of European descent had a higher prevalence rate (28.3 per 100,000) compared to first-generation immigrants from Asian and African backgrounds.