Bell's palsy: The spontaneous course of 2,500 peripheral facial nerve palsies of different etiologies

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 549, 2002, Pages 4-30

  Peitersen, Erik ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Facial nerve; Idiopathic facial nerve paresis; Natural history; Spontaneous course

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTRACTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACRIMAL DUCT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036441661     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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