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Fig. 3

From: Risk factors for nonidiopathic and idiopathic facial nerve palsies: findings of a retrospective study

Fig. 3

Bar charts of the consultation time and Google Trend results spanning the entire five-year dataset. NIF: nonidiopathic facial palsy; IF: idiopathic facial palsy. A The highest prevalence of NIF is in the month of May, whereas IF is randomly distributed across all months. B Prevalence of IF is highest on Monday, and that of NIF is on Friday. C The word “tick” (here German “Zecke”) had a similar high peak of searches (colour-scaled with purple; 3500 searches per month). D Patients who presented on a Tuesday (here, above patients) were also found to present in months (e.g. May) where “tick” was searched 37 times on average

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