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Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Bell's palsy can be diagnosed clinically, but it is important to exclude other differentials.
Check out the paper mentioned
Induruwa I, Holland N, Gregory R, Khadjooi K. The impact of misdiagnosing Bell's palsy as acute stroke. Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Nov;19(6):494-498. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0123. PMID: 31732591; PMCID: PMC6899254.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899254/
Check out the Cochrane Reviews
Madhok VB, Gagyor I, Daly F, Somasundara D, Sullivan M, Gammie F, Sullivan F. Corticosteroids for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD001942. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001942.pub5
https://www.cochrane.org/CD001942/NEUROMUSC_corticosteroids-bells-palsy
Gagyor I, Madhok VB, Daly F, Sullivan F. Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD001869. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001869.pub9. Accessed 13 July 2023.
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001869.pub9/full
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