Article
Diagnosis and management of idiopathic facial palsy in children.
La Tunisie medicale - 1 Jan 2017
Mardassi Ali, Sayeh Aicha, Turki Senda, Hachicha Amani, Benzarti Sonia
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic or Bell's palsy is an acute peripheral-nerve palsy involving the facial nerve. The disorder is quite infrequent under the age of 10 years. The proposed etiologies of Bell's palsy include ischemic neuropathy and vascular diseases. This case series presents five children with Bell's palsy. The epidemiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic measures were summarized. The evolution regarding especially the...
Topics
- Acyclovir
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Bell Palsy
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cohort Studies
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Factor V
- Factor XIII
- Female
- Humans
- Hydrocortisone
- Infant
- Male
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)
- Musculoskeletal Manipulations
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Remission Induction