Bell's palsy in an older patient with uncontrolled hypertension due to medication nonadherence

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1269-1273

  Ellis, Samuel L ^a   Carter, Barry L ^b   Leehey, Maureen A ^b   Conry, Colleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adherence; Bell's palsy; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

FOSINOPRIL; MINOXIDIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OTALGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033385111     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.19129     Document Type: Article

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