Simultaneous Bilateral Facial Palsy in a Diabetic Patient [11]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 623-624

  Kamaratos, Alexander ^a   Kokkoris, Stelios ^a   Protopsaltis, John ^a   Agorgianitis, Dimitrios ^a   Koumpoulis, Haris ^a   Lentzas, John ^a   Melidonis, Andreas ^a   Giannoulis, Gregory ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSARTHRIA; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS;

AGED; BELL PALSY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0842289926     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.2.623     Document Type: Letter

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