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Paralysis +     
ARTHROGRYPOSIS, PERTHES DISEASE, AND UPWARD GAZE PALSY  
Bell's palsy  
Conductive Stapedial Deafness with Ear Malformation and Facial Palsy 
facial hemiatrophy 
Facial Nerve Injuries  
facial neuralgia +   
facial paralysis +   
Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. FACIAL NERVE DISEASES generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES and MUSCULAR DISEASES may also cause facial paralysis or paresis.
gastroparesis +   
geniculate ganglionitis 
hemiplegia +   
herpes zoster oticus 
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome  
Moebius syndrome +   
ophthalmoplegia +   
Paralytic Ectropion 
paraplegia +   
pseudobulbar palsy +   
quadriplegia +   
Respiratory Paralysis 
Vocal Cord Paralysis +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Central Facial Paralysis ;   Facial Palsy ;   Facial Paralyses, Peripheral ;   Facial Paresis ;   Hemifacial Paralysis ;   Lower Motor Neuron Facial Palsy ;   Paralyses, Facial ;   Paralyses, Hemifacial ;   Pareses, Facial ;   central facial paralyses ;   facial palsies ;   peripheral facial paralysis ;   upper motor neuron facial palsy
Primary IDs: MESH:D005158
Xrefs: ICD10CM:G51.0 ;   NCI:C26769
Definition Sources: MESH:D005158

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