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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
7
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1976-8-23
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pubmed:abstractText |
Among 51 patients with acute peripheral facial palsy, varicella-zoster virus was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in one case, and Herpesvirus hominis from the nasopharynx in two cases. In 12 other cases, complement-fixing antibody or hemagglutination inhibition tests indicated a recent viral infection (varicella-zoster, seven; herpes simplex, one; cytomegalovirus, one; influenza type B virus, two; and mumps virus, one). One additional patient had clinical signs of herpes zoster oticus. About one third of these 16 virus-positive patients, but also one third of the remaining group, had increased levels of alpha 1-antitrypsin, orosomucoid, haptoglobin, and immunoglobulins. Evidently, an inflammatory reaction preceded or coincided with the facial palsy in both groups. In CSF, an increase of total proteins and gamma-globulins was frequently found among all 20 patients examined (eight were virus-positive).
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jul
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pubmed:issn |
0003-9977
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
102
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
403-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Acute Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Antibodies, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Blood Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Facial Paralysis,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Immunoglobulins,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:938319-Virus Diseases
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pubmed:year |
1976
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Viral infection as a cause of acute peripheral facial palsy.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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