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ArticleCureus2021

Bilateral Facial Palsy: A Case Study of an Exceedingly Rare and Difficult Diagnosis.

Gaurav Jha, Sabeen Azhar, Shivani Kuttuva, Sameel Elahi, Asad Baseer

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gaurav JhaNeuroscience, Queen's Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Sabeen AzharAcute Medicine, Queen's Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Shivani KuttuvaSurgery, Royal Vicoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, GBR.
Sameel ElahiAcute Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, GBR.
Asad BaseerOrthopaedics, Leicester Royal infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, GBR.
Royal Victoria Infirmary · GBBarking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bilateral facial nerve palsy is a rare condition, representing only 0.3-2.0% of all facial palsy cases. Facial paralysis constitutes the result of a diverse array of systemic disorders and heterogeneous aetiologies and thus represents a diagnostic challenge. This case report describes a previously healthy male who presented to the emergency department numerous times within a few weeks with unrelated non-specific symptoms. These symptoms could not be attributed to any specific aetiology after various radiological and laboratory examinations, and hence presented a diagnostic dilemma until he developed bilateral seventh nerve palsy and was admitted for a further workup.

Indexed as

bell’s palsybilateral facial palsyheerfordtsarcoidosis

Identifiers

PMID34820221
PMCPMC8601397
OpenAlexW3205626489

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