IgG index in acute idiopathic peripheral facial palsy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-120

  Inci, I O ^a   Gedizlioǧlu, Muhteşem ^a,b   Mavioglu H ^a   Uzuncan, N ^a  

^a Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; IgG index; Peripheral facial palsy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0032898533     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb00668.x     Document Type: Article

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