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. 2021 Aug 1;147(8):767-768.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1266.

Incidence of Bell Palsy in Patients With COVID-19

Akina Tamaki  1   2 , Claudia I Cabrera  1   2 , Shawn Li  1   2 , Cyrus Rabbani  1   2 , Jason E Thuener  1   2 , Rod P Rezaee  1   2 , Nicole Fowler  1   2
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Incidence of Bell Palsy in Patients With COVID-19

Akina Tamaki et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .

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  • Error in the Confidence Interval.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Aug 1;147(8):775. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1947. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021. PMID: 34383069 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

This cohort study compares the incidence of Bell palsy among patients with COVID-19 and those vaccinated against the disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Rezaee reported receiving consulting fees from Biomet during the conduct of the study and outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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