[Incidence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in isolated facial paralysis. A prospective study]. / Incidencia de la infección por Borrelia burgdorferi en la parálisis facial aislada. Estudio prospectivo.
An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am
; 19(3): 209-15, 1992.
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ABSTRACT
Between the causes of facial paralysis, similar to Bell's palsy, recently are included those due to some families of spirochaeta (Borrelia burgdorferi) transmitted through tick-bite. These bacteria, besides de facial palsy, may produce several degrees of lymphocytic meningitis and subsequently the paralysis of the face, sometimes clumsy or recurrent. The treatment being the antibiotic drugs, never the corticoids. In the paper are explained prospectively the incidence of this disease in the AA's environment.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença de Lyme
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Paralisia Facial
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article