Acyclovir improves recovery rate of facial nerve palsy in Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-226

  Kinishi, Minoru ^a   Amatsu, Mutsuo ^a   Mohri, Mitsuhiro ^a   Saito, Miki ^a   Hasegawa, Toshifumi ^a   Hasegawa, Shingo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Acyclovir steroid therapy; Peripheral facial palsy; Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACYCLOVIR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DEXTRANS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 0034898285     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(01)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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