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8767258

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether pregnancy predisposes to facial nerve palsy and what the specific properties of facial nerve palsy are during this period. Eight cases of idiopathic facial nerve palsy occurring during the last trimester of pregnancy are presented. Out of 50 women with idiopathic facial nerve palsy, 15 were in childbearing age; eight presented a facial nerve palsy during pregnancy of which 6 during the last trimester of pregnancy. The electrodiagnostic tests indicated nerve degeneration in two of the eight cases; they were treated with corticosteroids. In the other six patients, no nerve degeneration was observed, and therefore, no treatment was given. These data suggest that pregnancy is probably associated with an increased predisposition to facial nerve palsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6497
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Facial nerve palsy during pregnancy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ioannia Medical School, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article