Hepatitis E virus and Bell's palsy.
Miriam Fritz-WeltinLisa NiedermeierEstelle FrommherzNora IsenmannBenedikt CsernalabicsTobias BoettlerChristoph Neumann-HaefelinDominique EndresMarcus PanningBenjamin BergerPublished in: European journal of neurology (2021)
In this first systematic study, no cases of Bell's palsy in association with an acute HEV infection were identified. However, based on previous case descriptions, rare associations cannot be excluded. Therefore, large prospective multicenter studies will be necessary for conclusions that are more definitive.