Cranial polyneuropathy - Ramsay Hunt's syndrome: Case report and discussion

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 354-357

  Turner, James E ^a,c   Geunes, Paul M ^b   Schuman, Norman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; OTALGIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; SYNDROME; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; EARACHE; FACIAL PAIN; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDNISONE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031090334     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90243-2     Document Type: Article

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