Bell's palsy in pregnancy: A study of recovery outcomes

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-30

  Gillman, Grant S ^a,b,c   Schaitkin, Barry M ^a,b   May, Mark ^a,b   Klein, Susan R ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Univ Ear Nose Throat Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; PREGNANCY; REMISSION; CONVALESCENCE; COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BELL PALSY; COUNSELING; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036368804     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.121321     Document Type: Article

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