title: Prognosis of facial palsy in Borrelia burgdorferi meningopolyradiculoneuritis.
abstract: Out of 72 patients treated for Borrelia burgdorferi meningopolyradiculoneuritis facial palsies occurred in 22 (12 unilateral, 10 bilateral). Eleven of the 32 pareses were initially complete. By the follow-up examination patients had recovered well with slight sequelae in 22% without cosmetically disfiguring pareses or synkinesias. Electrophysiological studies revealed axonal damage of the nerve as the underlying mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik, Zentralklinikum Augsburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angerer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pfadenhauer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stöhr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D011379:Prognosis; D013651:Taste Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors