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Facial Hemiatrophy and How to Establish Proper and timely Treatment in a Facility

Facial Hemiatrophy and How to Establish Proper and Timely Treatment in a Facility

Candice Payne-McLean

Ricardo Parker, PhD

HSC 440: Allied Health Capstone

National University

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract _____________________________________________________________3

Introduction on Facial Hemiatrophy________________________________________4

Article of an investigation on Facial Hemiatrophy_____________________________4

Review of Article ______________________________________________________6

Discussion____________________________________________________________6

Methods______________________________________________________________8

Results_______________________________________________________________11

Conclusion____________________________________________________________12

References____________________________________________________________13

Appendix_____________________________________________________________14

Footnotes_____________________________________________________________16

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Abstract

Facial Hemiatrophy is a typically progressive disease affecting the subcutaneous tissues of the face, it is also known as Romberg’s disease. Facial Hemiatrophy has also been closely related in patients who have cases of epilepsy. I would like to bring notice to this very rare disease in the hopes that the public can become more aware of the rareness of the disease and how a trained healthcare facility can treat a patient in a...