ArticleF1000Research2013
Bell's palsy during interferon alpha 2a treatment in a case with Behçet uveitis.
Article in F1000Research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of low-level laser therapy on management of Bell's palsy: a systematic review.Lasers in medical science · 2020Pooled it
- Risk for Facial Palsy after COVID-19 Vaccination, South Korea, 2021-2022.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Investigation of Neurological Complications after COVID-19 Vaccination: Report of the Clinical Scenarios and Review of the Literature.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Infection routes, invasion mechanisms, and drug inhibition pathways of human coronaviruses on the nervous system.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Bell's palsy as a possible complication of mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine against COVID-19.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Left Bell's palsy following the first dose of mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: A case report.Clinical imaging · 2022Article
- Bell's palsy and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Cortical Reorganization in Patients Recovered from Bell's Palsy: An Orofacial and Finger Movements Task-State fMRI Study.Neural plasticity · 2016Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo present a case who developed Bell's palsy while using interferon alpha 2a for Behçet uveitis.
methodsA patient with Behçet disease presented with decreased vision in his right eye. Ophthalmic examination, fundus fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography were performed. After developing facial paralysis while on interferon therapy, the patient was referred to our neurology service for differential diagnosis and treatment.
resultsExamination of right eye revealed panuveitis with branch retinal vein occlusion, so high dose steroids were prescribed. In three days there was no improvement in terms of vitreous inflammation and so steroids were replaced with interferon. At the seventh month, patient experienced a facial paralysis. After eliminating other causes, including viral infections, trauma, cold exposure and neurological evaluation with cranial MRI, the patient was diagnosed to have Bell's palsy by a neurologist. Interferon was replaced with mycophenolate mofetil and the Bell's palsy was treated with oral steroids.
conclusionIt is important to be alert to both common and rare complications while treating with interferon.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.