Ramsay Hunt syndrome

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Gross GE, Eisert L, Doerr HW, et al. S2k guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2020 Jan;18(1):55-78.Full text  Abstract

Goswami Y, Gaurkar SS. Ramsay Hunt syndrome: an introduction, signs and symptoms, and treatment. Cureus. 2023 Jan;15(1):e33688.Full text  Abstract

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