Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Presenting as a Cranial Polyneuropathy

Cutis

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 421-424

  Asnis, Deborah S ^a,c   Micic, Ljubisa ^b   Giaccio, Daniel ^c  

^a FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Flushing Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; TASTE DISORDER; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; TASTE DISORDERS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0030161790     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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