The Origin of Facial Palsy in Multiple Sclerosis
Journal Title: Otolaryngology – Open Journal - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurodegenerative disease that affects several people especially in North America and Canada. In 2013, 33 individuals over 100,000 were affected from MS; the estimated increase for 5 years of observation ranged from an average of 4.7 per 100,000 in high-income countries to just 0.04 per 100,000 in the low-income countries [1].
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Arianna Di Stadio
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- DOI 10.17140/OTLOJ-4-e006
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