Not all facial paralysis is Bell's palsy: A case report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 857-859

  Brach, Jennifer S ^a   Van Swearingen, Jessie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 13044297054     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90240-X     Document Type: Article

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