Is unilateral facial palsy truly caused by SARS-CoV-2?

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2021; 79(02): 183
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X-anp-2020-0519

Letter

A paralisia facial unilateral é realmente causada pelo SARS-CoV-2?

Josef Finsterer

¹Klinik Landstrasse, Messerli Institute, Vienna, Austria.

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²Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurociência, São Paulo SP, Brazil.

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Carla A. Scorza

²Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Neurociência, São Paulo SP, Brazil.

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Ana C. Fiorini

³Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduação em Fonoaudiologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.

⁴Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.

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