Facial palsy in Heerfordt's syndrome: Electrophysiological localization of the lesion

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1279-1282

  Glocker, F X ^a   Seifert, C ^a   Lucking C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cranial neuritis; Magnetic stimulation; Motor evoked potentials; Neurography; Neurosarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; PAROTID GLAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032870731     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199909)22:9<1279::aid-mus18>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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