There are various neurological manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Recent data suggest a connection between hemifacial paralysis, or Bell’s palsy, and COVID-19.
Eve N. Tranchito +10 more
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Comparison of conservative therapy and steroid therapy for Bell’s palsy in children [PDF]
Purpose Bell’s palsy is characterized by sudden onset of unilateral facial weakness. The use of corticosteroids for childhood Bell’s palsy is controversial.
Hye Won Yoo +8 more
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Radiation Exposure and Bell’s Palsy: A Hypothetical Association
Bell’s palsy is an idiopathic peripheral nerve palsy involving the facial nerve. It accounts for 60 to 75% of all cases of unilateral facial paralysis.
M Khateri +3 more
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Seasonal patterns in the epidemiology of Bell's palsy in Hungary
IntroductionEpidemiological data on Bell's palsy are vital for elucidating disease prevalence and enhancing therapeutic options. Our objective was to explore the prevalence and possible risk factors associated with Bell's palsy recurrence in the Clinical
Eszter Varga +5 more
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Familial Facial Palsy: A Case Series of Six Families from the Northern State, Sudan
Familial facial palsy is uncommon, accounting only for 4–14% of Bell's palsy cases. We report six families with single or recurrent episodes of familial facial palsy from Northern State, Sudan.
Mohamed Osman Abdelaziz +1 more
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Management of Idiopathic Facial Palsy in Pediatric Patients: A Case Series [PDF]
Background: Bell’s palsy, presently recognized as lower motor neuron palsy, is a diagnosis of elimination after careful exclusion of other etiologies. It tends to be the result of events that are compressive, infected, inflammatory, or traumatic to the ...
Parayash Dallakoti +4 more
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Transient Facial Nerve Paralysis (Bell's Palsy) following Intranasal Delivery of a Genetically Detoxified Mutant of Escherichia coli Heat Labile Toxin. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: An association was previously established between facial nerve paralysis (Bell's palsy) and intranasal administration of an inactivated influenza virosome vaccine containing an enzymatically active Escherichia coli Heat Labile Toxin (LT ...
Kromann Ingrid +35 more
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Management of Ardita (Bell’s palsy) through Ayurvedic Approach [PDF]
Bell’s palsy is the most common form of unilateral isolated lower motor neuron type of facial palsy. This is an idiopathic condition with abrupt onset leading to weakness of one-half of the face.
Dharmani Geetika, Thakur Pratibha
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Prevalence of facial nerve palsy in the neuro-medicine private clinic [PDF]
Background. Due to dysfunction of the facial nerve (CN VII), Bell’s palsy occurs which is a facial paralysis of unknown cause, but viral infection is suspected.
Hanaa Khazaal Jaber Al-Hasan +2 more
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Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy [PDF]
Background: Bell's palsy is an acute paralysis of one side of the face of unknown aetiology. Bell's palsy should only be used as a diagnosis in the absence of all other pathology.
McAllister, Kerrie +7 more
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