Recurrent or familial facial palsy. Apropos of 6 cases and review of the literature

• Published in: Annales d'oto-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale Vol. 112; no. 8; p. 374
• Main Authors: Benlyazid, A, Bassereau, G, Heitzmann, P, Foucault, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 1995
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Facial Paralysis - classification; Facial Paralysis - etiology; Facial Paralysis - genetics; Female; Humans; Male; Prognosis; Recurrence

About 5 cases of recurrent facial palsy (1 case of familial récurrent facial palsy) and 1 case of non récurrent familial facial palsy, this work analyse the recent knowledges about this subject. Frequency of recurrent palsy is about 10% of the non traumatic facial palsies. A classification is propos...