Varicella zoster virus in bell's palsy: a prospective study
- Oliveira Santos, Mônica Alcantara de
- Caiaffa Filho, Hélio H.
- Vianna, Melissa Ferreira
- Prado Almeida, Andressa Guimarães do
- Lazarini, Paulo Roberto
Publication date
June 2010
DOI Publisher
Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.Abstract
ABSTRACTAlthough 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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