[A comparative study of the catecholamine content of the blood and urine in patients with facial paraspasm (Meige's syndrome)].

Catecholamines and DOPA excretion and televant levels in blood were measured in 17 patients with facial paraspasm and in 24 healthy subjects. The findings gave evidence for sympathetic-adrenal system adrenal activation and more intensive catecholamine metabolism in patients, especially marked in those with generalised facial hyperkinesia.