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. 2000 Oct;173(4):266-8.
doi: 10.1136/ewjm.173.4.266.

Bell's palsy

A G Marson  1 , R Salinas
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Bell's palsy

A G Marson et al. West J Med. 2000 Oct.
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Figure 1
Acute paralysis occurs with equal frequency on the right and left sides of the face of patients with Bell's palsy © John Radcliffe Hospital/SPL
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