Bell's palsy: Electrodiagnostics are not indicative of cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 581-584

  Birkmann, C ^a   Halber, M ^a   Bamborschke, S ^a   Haupt, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Cerebrospinal fluid; Electrodiagnostics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0034966784     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940111000614     Document Type: Article

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