Bilateral facial nerve palsy associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection
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- 22 June 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 81 (10) , 1155-1156
Abstract
Three days after discharge, he developed left-sided facial weakness. He was seen in the medical outpatient clinic and found to have a left-sided facial nerve paresis. He was referred to the hospital 4 days later with worsening facial weakness. On examination, there was bilateral facial nerve paresis, worse on the left than the …Keywords
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