Acute peripheral facial paralysis following varicella infection: an uncommon complication
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Varicella-zoster virus reactivation is an important cause of acute peripheral facial paralysis in children.
BACKGROUND Reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 is thought to be a major cause of adult idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis or Bell's palsy. However, few studies have examined the pathogenesis of this condition in children. Serologic assays and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of paired sera and saliva samples were used here to investigate the causes of acute peripheral facial...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0041-4301
DOI: 10.24953/turkjped.2018.01.016