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Bell's palsy with monoclonal gammopathy

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In a series of 140 consecutive patients with Bell's palsy, 2 were found to have monoclonal gammopathy, without other manifestations of myeloma. The neuropathies connected with paraproteinaemias are described and the possibility of a causal relationship between the protein abnormality and the neurological signs are discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Clinical Immunology Unit, Rogoff Wellcome Medical Research Institute, Beilinson Hospital, Israel

    Amos D. Korczyn, Albert I. Pick & Sara Schreibman

  2. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Tel Aviv, University Medical School, Israel

    Amos D. Korczyn, Albert I. Pick & Sara Schreibman

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Korczyn, A.D., Pick, A.I. & Schreibman, S. Bell's palsy with monoclonal gammopathy. Z. Neurol. 203, 337–340 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00316188

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