Leyla Mohammad, Mathias Fousse, Gentiana Wenzel, Marina Flotats Bastardas, Klaus Faßbender, Ulrich Dillmann, Bernhard Schick, Michael Zemlin, Barbara C Gärtner, Urban Sester, David Schub, Tina Schmidt, Martina Sester
BACKGROUND: Peripheral facial palsy (PFP) is a common neurologic symptom which can be triggered by pathogens, autoimmunity, trauma, tumors, cholesteatoma or further local conditions disturbing the peripheral section of the nerve. In general, its cause is often difficult to identify, remaining unknown in over two thirds of cases. As we have previously shown that the quantity and quality of pathogen-specific T cells change during active infections, we hypothesized that such changes may also help to identify the causative pathogen in PFPs of unknown origin...
October 25, 2023: Journal of Neuroinflammation