Lower motor neuron facial palsy in a postnatal mother with COVID-19

COVID-19 is caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 and is a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern. In addition to respiratory symptoms, neurological manifestations have been associated with COVID-19. This is attributed to the neurotropic nature of coronaviruses. The authors...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Vignesh, Narayanan, Priyanka, Shetty, Seema, Mohammed, Afsal P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7929834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33649026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-240267
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Sumario:COVID-19 is caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 and is a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern. In addition to respiratory symptoms, neurological manifestations have been associated with COVID-19. This is attributed to the neurotropic nature of coronaviruses. The authors present a case of Bell’s palsy associated with COVID-19 in a term primigravida.

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