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ArticleCureus2023

Facial Paralysis Due to Brazilian Lyme Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Carlos E Levischi

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carlos E LevischiInternal Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, BRA.
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyme disease (LD) is a highly prevalent infection in the northern hemisphere, with an estimated incidence of 450,000 new annual cases in the United States and 65,000 new annual cases in Europe. Transmitted by the bite of a tick contaminated with a spirochete, the disease has three distinct stages. In the second phase of the disease, there may be neurological impairment, and the involvement of cranial nerve pairs occurs in this phase. Neuropathy of the seventh cranial nerve can occur in around 10% of adults with neurological involvement by Borrelia; in children, this incidence can reach 50%. A 32-year-old female patient presented with an abrupt facial paralysis that evolved into a difficult-to-resolve condition. With the appearance of probable contralateral involvement, LD was diagnosed. After the established treatment, the patient presented a good evolution of the symptoms.

Indexed as

bell's palsyborrelia burgdorferi infectionfacial paralysislyme borreliosislyme disease

Identifiers

PMID38094549
PMCPMC10718473
OpenAlexW4388623774

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