Diagnosis and Management of Facial Paralysis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 307, Issue 6, 1982, Pages 348-351

  Adour, Kedar K ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; SKULL FRACTURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0019956193     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198208053070605     Document Type: Review

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