Serologic examinations of hepatitis, cytomegalovirus, and rubella in patients with Bell's palsy

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-32

  Unlu, Zeliha ^a,b   Aslan, Asim ^a   Ozbakkaloglu, Beril ^a   Tunger, Ozlem ^a   Surucuoglu, Suheyla ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Physical Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Hepatitis virus; Idiopathic facial paralysis; Rubella virus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS; VIRUSES;

SEROLOGIC EXAMINATIONS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BELL PALSY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037222929     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200301000-00005     Document Type: Article

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