Bilateral facial paralysis: What's the cause?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 553-

  Haydar, Ali A ^a   Hujairi, Nabil M ^a   Tawil, Aiman ^b   Sawaya, Raja A ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

EID: 0344944050     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05685.x     Document Type: Article

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