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[Bell's palsy].

Azra Alajbegović·Narcisa Hadziahmetović·Amila Alikadić·Enra Suljić
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The facial nerve has predominantly the motoric, and less sensitive function and gets nerved the muscle musculature of the face and its damages, significantly disturbs the function of the series of the muscles of the face. Regarding to this that the parases of the nervus facialis are often in the physician practice, we have written this article with aim to facilitate to the physicians in the practice the early establishing of the diagnosis, and also to give the instructions into the basic physical and rehabilitation procedures which is with success to carry out in patients with the damages of this nerve.

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Azra Alajbegović, Narcisa Hadziahmetović, Amila Alikadić, Enra Suljić. 2002. [Bell's palsy].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12378865/

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