Management of Bell palsy: clinical practice guideline

John R. de Almeida, Gordon Guyatt, Sachin Sud, Joanne Dorion, Michael D. Hill, Michael R. Kolber, Jane Lea, Sylvia Loong Reg, Balvinder K. Somogyi, Brian D. Westerberg,

Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2014 · 189 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

Bell palsy is an idiopathic weakness or paralysis of the face of peripheral nerve origin, with acute onset. It affects 20–30 persons per 100 000 annually, and 1 in 60 individuals will be affected over the course of their lifetime.[1][1],[2][2] The major cause of Bell palsy is believed to be an

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