PERIPHERAL FACIAL PALSY Grading, Etiology, and Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
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...................................................... Abbreviations................................................ Introduction................................................... Review of the literature................................... Peripheral facial palsy........................................ Grading facial function....................................... Acute idiopathic peripheral facial palsy–Bell’s palsy.... Human herpesvirus-6 and -7................................. Treatment of Bell’s palsy.................................... Prognosis of Bell’s palsy..................................... Peripheral facial palsy in children........................... Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome........................... Aims of the study............................................ Subjects and methods..................................... Results......................................................... Discussion.................................................... Grading......................................................... Etiology......................................................... Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome........................... Conclusions................................................... Acknowledgments.......................................... References.................................................... Appendix...................................................... Original publications 4
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