Post-traumatic bilateral facial palsy: A case report and literature review

Brain Injury

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-320

  Li, Ji ^a   Goldberg, Gary ^a   Munin, Michael C ^a   Wagner, Amy ^a   Zafonte, Ross ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NERVE FUNCTION; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1142279534     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269905031000149489     Document Type: Article

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