Synkinesis and Hyperkinesis

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10.1055/b-0034-92472 Synkinesis and HyperkinesisBarry M. Schaitkin Unwanted facial nerve movement disorders take many forms. Hemifacial spasm is a unilateral hyperactivity that usually begins focally and may progress to involve all…

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Congenital Facial Weakness

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10.1055/b-0034-92454 Congenital Facial WeaknessRandolph Sherman and Ronald M. Zuker Each of us enters this world in a profoundly dramatic way. Either by unrelenting naturally propulsive physical forces through vaginal birth…

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Physiology of the Facial Nerve

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10.1055/b-0034-92448 Physiology of the Facial NerveFelipe Santos and William H. Slattery III The facial nerve is the motor nerve of the face, scalp, auricle, and neck via the platysma. Mastication…

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Differential Diagnosis of Acute Facial Paralysis

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10.1055/b-0034-92453 Differential Diagnosis of Acute Facial ParalysisMaurizio Barbara Facial paralysis (FP) consists of weakness of the face musculature. The timing of this weakness usually is immediate, taking place within a…

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Measurement of Facial Nerve Function

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10.1055/b-0034-92451 Measurement of Facial Nerve FunctionJohn W. House and Mark Brandt Lorenz The House-Brackmann (HB) facial nerve grading scale was adopted as the official metric of the International Facial Nerve…

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Medical Treatment of Bell Palsy

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10.1055/b-0034-92456 Medical Treatment of Bell PalsyJeffrey T. Vrabec Understanding the pathogenesis of a disease is fundamental in designing therapy. Preceding chapters have presented the differential diagnosis of acute facial paralysis…

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