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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 15 > A young girl’s ordeal: to smile only on the inside

A young girl’s ordeal: to smile only on the inside

By Denise Gellene / The Bulletin
September 15, 2008

LOS ANGELES — As the deadline approached for her science project last spring, fifth-grader Kiana Deane chose a familiar subject: herself.

Since birth, she had been afflicted with an uncommon form of paralysis called Bell’s palsy that left her unable to smile. As far back as....

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