Facial nerve palsy during pregnancy

Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-135

  Danielides, V ^a   Skevas, A ^a   Van Cauwenberge, P ^b   Vinck, B ^b   Tsanades, G ^a   Plachouras, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Facial nerve palsy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REACTION TIME; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0029692003     PISSN: 00016497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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