Bilateral Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a diabetic patient

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Syal, Rajan ^a   Tyagi, Isha ^a   Goyal, Amit ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RECOMBINANT HUMAN INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUROIMAGING; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 12344320584     PISSN: 14726815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-4-3     Document Type: Article

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