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Facial Nerve Palsy |
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Seventh Cranial Nerve Palsy, Peripheral |
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Seventh cranial (facial) nerve palsy causes paresis of the facial muscles. Peripheral palsy, unlike central palsy, causes paresis of the forehead facial muscles; furrowing of the forehead is absent, and the eyebrow cannot be raised.
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