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Misdiagnosis of Bell's palsy: Case series and literature review

Although Bell's palsy is a common etiology for isolated facial paralysis, it is important clinicians perform a complete neurologic examination to avoid misdiagnosis. Multiple cranial neuropathy is often caused by tumor or infection.

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Autores principales: Bacorn, Colin, Fong, Nancy Su Teng, Lin, Lily Koo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32695353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2832
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spelling pubmed-73640592020-07-20 Misdiagnosis of Bell's palsy: Case series and literature review Bacorn, Colin Fong, Nancy Su Teng Lin, Lily Koo Clin Case Rep Case Reports Although Bell's palsy is a common etiology for isolated facial paralysis, it is important clinicians perform a complete neurologic examination to avoid misdiagnosis. Multiple cranial neuropathy is often caused by tumor or infection. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7364059/ /pubmed/32695353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2832 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364059/
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