TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Conjunctivitis
KW - Corneal Diseases
KW - Corneal Ulcer
KW - Eyelid Diseases
KW - Facial Paralysis
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Keratitis
KW - Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Tears
AU - Wepman B
AU - Baum J L
AB - <p>Thirty-three patients with Bell's palsy underwent ophthalmic examination, including Schirmer testing, corneal sensitivity measurement, and electromyography. Sixteen patients returned for follow-up after one year. Sixty-one percent of the patients initially showed punctate fluorescein staining of the inferior cornea. Electromyographic studies demonstrate a high correlation between orbicularis function and the presence of corneal epithelial staining. Our results demonstrate a high frequency of minor corneal involvement in the acute phase of Bell's palsy. Healing of the epithelial defects follows improvement in orbicularis function.</p>
BT - Ophthalmology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/552618?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1979 Nov
DO - 10.1016/s0161-6420(79)35325-8
IS - 11
J2 - Ophthalmology
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Thirty-three patients with Bell's palsy underwent ophthalmic examination, including Schirmer testing, corneal sensitivity measurement, and electromyography. Sixteen patients returned for follow-up after one year. Sixty-one percent of the patients initially showed punctate fluorescein staining of the inferior cornea. Electromyographic studies demonstrate a high correlation between orbicularis function and the presence of corneal epithelial staining. Our results demonstrate a high frequency of minor corneal involvement in the acute phase of Bell's palsy. Healing of the epithelial defects follows improvement in orbicularis function.</p>
PY - 1979
SP - 1943
EP - 50
T2 - Ophthalmology
TI - Ocular findings in Bell's palsy.
VL - 86
SN - 0161-6420
ER -