Bilateral facial nerve palsy associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection with a review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-77

  Terada, Kihei ^a   Niizuma, Takahiro ^a   Kosaka, Yasuko ^a   Inoue, Miwa ^a   Ogita, Satoko ^a   Kataoka, Naoki ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CRYING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242342105     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310017285     Document Type: Article

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