Facial Nerve Palsy in a Five-Month-Old Infant

Facial nerve palsy is a common neurological disorder, and the etiology is categorized as either congenital or acquired. Even after extensive workup, a vast majority of cases are deemed idiopathic. Treatment of acquired facial nerve palsy in pediatrics is essential to prevent long-term aesthetic and...

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Autores principales: Vozar, Amber, Dugas, John, Deskins, Seth J, Udassi, Sharda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10313389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39799
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Dugas, John
Deskins, Seth J
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description Facial nerve palsy is a common neurological disorder, and the etiology is categorized as either congenital or acquired. Even after extensive workup, a vast majority of cases are deemed idiopathic. Treatment of acquired facial nerve palsy in pediatrics is essential to prevent long-term aesthetic and functional complications. The prognosis is favorable in pediatric patients and those treated with corticosteroids. 
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spelling pubmed-103133892023-07-01 Facial Nerve Palsy in a Five-Month-Old Infant Vozar, Amber Dugas, John Deskins, Seth J Udassi, Sharda Cureus Internal Medicine Facial nerve palsy is a common neurological disorder, and the etiology is categorized as either congenital or acquired. Even after extensive workup, a vast majority of cases are deemed idiopathic. Treatment of acquired facial nerve palsy in pediatrics is essential to prevent long-term aesthetic and functional complications. The prognosis is favorable in pediatric patients and those treated with corticosteroids.  Cureus 2023-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10313389/ /pubmed/37398712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39799 Text en Copyright © 2023, Vozar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Facial Nerve Palsy in a Five-Month-Old Infant
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title_short Facial Nerve Palsy in a Five-Month-Old Infant
title_sort facial nerve palsy in a five-month-old infant
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10313389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39799
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