Atmospheric pressure and idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy).
In a statistical study the onset of idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy) in 241 patients, observed in a 3-year period, is studied in relation to atmospheric pressure. The hypothesis of no association is not rejected. Neither is the hypothesis rejected of uniform distribution of the occurrence of Bell's palsy during the same period.
D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D012306:Risk