title: Bell's palsy as a possible complication of hepatitis B vaccination in a child.
abstract: Bell's Palsy is the sudden onset of unilateral temporary paralysis of facial muscles resulting from seventh cranial nerve dysfunction. Presented here is a two-year old female patient with right peripheral facial palsy following hepatitis B vaccination. Readers' attention is drawn to an uncommon cause of Bell's Palsy, as a rare complication of hepatitis B vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. handanalp@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Handan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alp
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Zerrin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Orbak
mesh_terms: D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines