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ArticleCureus2021

A Detailed Account of Severe Bell's Palsy: An Autobiographical Case Report.

Kyril L Cole, Chad Cole

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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 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyril L ColeNeurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA.
Chad ColeNeurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
University of Utah · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bell's palsy is a relatively rare neurologic disorder with a limited selection of helpful therapies. This case report describes the author's initial three-month experience living with severe Bell's palsy, including a detailed history and timeline of the initial development of symptoms, treatments pursued, and psychological stress during the disease progression. A particular focus is placed on the emotional burden Bell's palsy can have, exploring possible avenues to improve physician to patient education on mental health and well-being during initial and delayed recovery.

Indexed as

autobiographical case reportbellbell's palsybell's palsy diagnosisbell's palsy mental healthbell's palsy treatmentdisease managementfacial nerve paralysissevere

Identifiers

PMID34963851
PMCPMC8702389
OpenAlexW3216491571

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