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The diagnosis of post-infectious COVID-19-related facial paralysis was made by serology positivity for a previous infection (IgG positive, IgM and IgA weakly positive), in the presence of a negative molecular nasopharyngeal swab and in the absence of other etiologies. Early treatment with steroids (1\u2009mg\/day for 7\u2009days followed by tapering) and supportive care solved the problem.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In a child with facial paralysis, COVID-19 must be considered as the cause and both nasopharyngeal swab and serology must be performed.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13052-022-01263-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,16]],"date-time":"2022-05-16T12:03:12Z","timestamp":1652702592000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["A case of facial nerve palsy in a pediatric patient associated with Covid-19"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"48","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5766-608X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandra","family":"Iacono","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elisa","family":"Pennisi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Consuelo","family":"Benincasa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Federico","family":"Marchetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,16]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"1263_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"357","DOI":"10.1016\/j.braindev.2020.08.017","volume":"43","author":"C Theophanous","year":"2021","unstructured":"Theophanous C, Santoro JD, Itani R. 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