| viral infection in acute peripheral facial palsy. investigation in yamagata prefecture. | we studied viral involvement in bell's palsy and ramsay hunt syndrome. in the cf test, viral infection was confirmed in 2 of 84 patients. of the 12 patients with ramsay hunt syndrome, 5 showed a significantly high titre for varicella zoster and one for rubella. the elisa test, performed in 60 patients with bell's palsy, revealed significantly high titres for varicella zoster in 5 patients and for herpes simplex in 4 patients. all 5 patients with ramsay hunt syndrome showed significantly high tit ... | 1988 | 2844058 |