Bell’s palsy an update on idiopathic facial paralysis

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 88-107

  Billue, Joyce S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031203134     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006205-199708000-00010     Document Type: Article

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