Peripheral Facial Palsy in the Setting of Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
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PERIPHERAL FACIAL PALSY Grading, Etiology, and Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
...................................................... Abbreviations................................................ Introduction................................................... Review of the literature................................... Peripheral facial palsy........................................ Grading facial function....................................... Acute idiopathic peripheral f...
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OBJECTIVES Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS) is a rare neuro-mucocutaneous granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by the triad of facial palsy, lingua plicata (fissured tongue), and orofacial edema. Few articles in the literature report series with more than 20 patients or focus on the facial nerve dominant presentation of MRS. METHODS We performed a retrospective review ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Neurociências
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1984-4905,0104-3579
DOI: 10.34024/rnc.2012.v20.8288