Bell's palsy: A 10-year experience with antiphlogistic-rheologic infusion therapy

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-432

  Sittel, Christian ^a,b   Sittel, Astrid ^a   Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^a   Eckel, Hans Edmund ^a   Stennert, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Corticosteroid therapeutic use; Facial nerve paralysis; Facial nerve paralysis therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXTRAN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034025872     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0709(00)80055-1     Document Type: Article

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