Varicella zoster virus in bell's palsy: a prospective study

Although Bell's palsy is the major cause of acute peripheral facial palsy, its pathogenesis remains unknown. Reactivation of the varicella zoster virus has been implicated as one of the main causes of Bell's palsy, however, studies which investigate the varicella zoster virus reactivation...

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Autores principales: Oliveira Santos, Mônica Alcantara de, Caiaffa Filho, Hélio H., Vianna, Melissa Ferreira, Prado Almeida, Andressa Guimarães do, Lazarini, Paulo Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9442160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20658018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1808-86942010000300016
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Sumario:Although Bell's palsy is the major cause of acute peripheral facial palsy, its pathogenesis remains unknown. Reactivation of the varicella zoster virus has been implicated as one of the main causes of Bell's palsy, however, studies which investigate the varicella zoster virus reactivation in Bell's palsy patients are mostly Japanese and, therefore, personal and geographic characteristics are quite different from our population.

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