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Case Reports

Simultaneous bilateral Bell's palsy during pregnancy

Michal KovoDepartment of Obstetrics and GynecologyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yair SagiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Yair LamplDepartment of Neurology The E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Abraham GolanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pages 1211-1213 | Received 25 Mar 2009, Accepted 30 Apr 2009, Published online: 16 Nov 2009

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