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Facial paralysis results in the decline in the generation of facial expressions and is attributed to several causes. Intractable facial paralysis has a poor prognosis, and new treatments are required.
Yoshihisa Koyama+13 more
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Gold weight implantation as a treatment measure for correction of paralytic lagophthalmos
Ocular complications from facial nerve paralysis can be quite devastating. Facial nerve paralysis results in cosmetic as well as functional problems. Paralysis of the upper eyelids leads to lagophthalmos, which results in incomplete closure of the lid ...
P Manodh+2 more
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ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to identify branches of the trigeminal and facial nerves (FNs) relevant to surgical incisions and injections and the scalp block techniques in the frontotemporal region, and to determine their relationships with superficial vascular structures and bony landmarks.
Hannah L. Grimes+5 more
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Speech and Communicative Participation in Patients With Facial Paralysis
Importance Problems with speech in patients with facial paralysis are frequently noted by both clinicians and the patients themselves, but limited research exists describing how facial paralysis affects verbal communication.
James H Kim+4 more
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This review explores pathological disulfide‐crosslinking as a key driver of amyloidogenic protein misfolding and aggregation. Oxidative and ER stress pathways contributing to disease progression are discussed and emerging therapeutic strategies targeting disulfide‐linked aggregates in neurodegenerative and systemic amyloid diseases are examined ...
Dong Min Kang+4 more
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Itinerant curriculum theory: People's theory against the field's epistemicidal ethos
Abstract The field of curriculum studies suffers from a glaring theoretical impasse. Much of this impasse has been rightly attributed to the triumphalism of the neoliberal wave that has massacred the educational hemisphere with policies and practices that reduce pedagogy to an instrumentalist praxis directly associated with the thirsty desires and ...
João M. Paraskeva
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ABSTRACT The 17 October 2019 uprising in Lebanon marked a pivotal period of economic crisis and discontent with the ruling elite. We examined social cohesion post‐uprising by exploring political polarization between “anti‐ruling parties” citizens and “partisan/unaligned” citizens, in two surveys with a community sample (Study 1, N = 357) and a ...
Mortada Al‐Amine+3 more
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Abstract Objective Status non‐epilepticus is characterized by recurrent or prolonged psychogenic non‐epileptic seizures (PNES), which are often mistaken for status epilepticus (SE). This study focuses on the misdiagnosis of convulsive SE in patients whose seizures were of psychogenic origin.
Ronen Spierer, Moshe Herskovitz
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Abstract Epilepsy represents a significant medical challenge, with a third of patients failing to achieve seizure freedom despite the use of multiple different anti‐seizure medications (ASM). Drug resistance is common in genetically caused epilepsies. Patients are faced with repeated, long‐lasting, and frequently frustrating drug testing, necessitating
Emma V. Töfflinger+4 more
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EVALUATION OF RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH FACIAL PARALYSIS IN DENTAL PRACTICE
Facial palsy and paralysis causes facial asymmetry, with negative effects on the functions of the stomatognathic system and on the quality of life of the affected patients.
Aranka Ilea+6 more
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