Familial facial paralysis. Generalised cortical hyperostosis
Forest, H.; Mardel, C.; Goujard, P.; Blum, F.; Diehly, A.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 96(12): 919-923
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 394647 Document Number: 147562
Generalised cortical hyperostosis is a rare disease. In our own field it involves the lower jaw and the skull. Certain nerves, including the facial, may be compressed as a result. This condition behaves genetically in a recessive or dominant manner.