Table 1 List of cranial nerves palsies. (n. VI. – n. XII.) which were diagnosed during the course of the disease. Abducens nerve (VI.) palsy is manifested by a disturbance of lateral eye bulb movement; facial nerve (VII.) palsy by movement disorder of half of the face; vestibulocochlear nerve (n. VIII.) palsy by sensorineural hearing loss and disequilibrium; glossopharyngeal nerve (IX.) palsy by disorder of soft palate mobility; vagus nerve (X.) palsy by unilateral vocal cord paresis; accessory nerve (XI.) palsy by inability to raise the arm above the horizontal; hypoglossal nerve (XII.) palsy by tongue movement disorders. Most patients had more than one cranial nerve palsy

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