Diseases

Facial Paralysis

Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. FACIAL NERVE DISEASES generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES and MUSCULAR DISEASES may also cause facial paralysis or paresis.

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Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. FACIAL NERVE DISEASES generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES and MUSCULAR DISEASES may also cause facial paralysis or paresis.

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  • Facial Palsy
  • Facial Palsies
  • Palsies, Facial
  • Palsy, Facial
  • Paralyses, Facial
  • Paralysis, Facial
  • Facial Palsy, Lower Motor Neuron
  • Facial Palsy, Upper Motor Neuron
  • Facial Paralysis, Central
  • Facial Paralysis, Peripheral
  • Facial Paresis
  • Hemifacial Paralysis
  • Lower Motor Neuron Facial Palsy
  • Upper Motor Neuron Facial Palsy
  • Central Facial Paralyses
  • Central Facial Paralysis
  • Facial Paralyses, Central
  • Facial Paralyses, Peripheral
  • Paralyses, Central Facial
  • Paralyses, Hemifacial
  • Paralysis, Central Facial
  • Paralysis, Hemifacial
  • Paralysis, Peripheral Facial
  • Pareses, Facial
  • Paresis, Facial
  • Peripheral Facial Paralysis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  3. C23.888w.592.636w.214w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Facial Paralysis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005158. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005158
  2. Facial Paralysis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_nerve_paralysis
  3. Facial Paralysis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7562539