"Facial Paralysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005158
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.327 C10.597.622.214 C23.888.592.636.214
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| Concept/Terms |
Facial Paralysis- Facial Paralysis
- Paralyses, Facial
- Paralysis, Facial
- Facial Palsy
- Facial Palsies
- Palsies, Facial
- Palsy, Facial
Facial Palsy, Lower Motor Neuron- Facial Palsy, Lower Motor Neuron
- Lower Motor Neuron Facial Palsy
- Facial Paralysis, Peripheral
- Facial Paralyses, Peripheral
- Paralysis, Peripheral Facial
- Peripheral Facial Paralysis
Facial Palsy, Upper Motor Neuron- Facial Palsy, Upper Motor Neuron
- Upper Motor Neuron Facial Palsy
- Facial Paralysis, Central
- Central Facial Paralyses
- Central Facial Paralysis
- Facial Paralyses, Central
- Paralyses, Central Facial
- Paralysis, Central Facial
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Paralysis" by people in Profiles.
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Characterizing the Online Discourse on Facial Paralysis: What Patients Are Asking and Where They Find Answers. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2025 Mar-Apr; 27(2):129-135.
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Reanimation of the Lower Lip with the Anterior Belly of Digastric Transfer: A Systematic Review. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2024 Sep-Oct; 26(5):538-543.
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Facial Reanimation After Intratemporal Facial Nerve Schwannoma Resection: A Systematic Review. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2024 May-Jun; 26(3):355-361.
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Noncoding variants alter GATA2 expression in rhombomere 4 motor neurons and cause dominant hereditary congenital facial paresis. Nat Genet. 2023 07; 55(7):1149-1163.
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Bell's Palsy After Vaccination Against Covid-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 11; 169(5):1114-1121.
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Episodic Facial Paresis-An Isolated Presenting Symptom of Multiple Sclerosis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 04 01; 149(4):374-375.
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Unilateral Facial Palsy After SARS-CoV-2 Booster Vaccination. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2023 03 01; 24(3):166-168.
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Predictors of favorable outcome following hypoglossal-to-facial nerve anastomosis for facial nerve palsy: a systematic review and patient-level analysis of a literature-based cohort. J Neurosurg. 2023 04 01; 138(4):1034-1042.
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Facial Palsy Induced by Checkpoint Blockade: A Single Center Retrospective Study. J Immunother. 2019 04; 42(3):94-96.
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New Facial Weakness After 5 Years of Facial Asymmetry. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 11 01; 142(11):1121-1122.