ArticleJAMA
Antiviral Agents Added to Corticosteroids for Early Treatment of Adults With Acute Idiopathic Facial Nerve Paralysis (Bell Palsy).
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of low-temperature-induced immune activation in elderly idiopathic facial palsy: the association between Th1/Th2 imbalance and facial nerve inflammation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- Intratympanic Steroid Treatment of Bell's Palsy in Patients with Comorbid Disease: A Preliminary Report.The journal of international advanced otology · 2020Observational
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Idiopathic Facial Paresis (Bell's Palsy).Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Review
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- [Idiopathic cranial nerve failure].Der Nervenarzt · 2017Review
- Concurrent pityriasis rosea and Bell's palsy.BMJ case reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
clinical questionCompared with oral corticosteroids alone, are oral antiviral drugs associated with improved outcomes when combined with oral corticosteroids in patients presenting within 72 hours of the onset of Bell palsy? BOTTOM LINE: Compared with oral corticosteroids alone, the addition of acyclovir, valacyclovir, or famcyclovir to oral corticosteroids for treatment of Bell palsy was associated with a higher proportion of people who recovered at 3- to 12-month follow-up. The quality of evidence is limited by heterogeneity, imprecision of the result estimates, and risk of bias.
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