Bell Palsy: Quantitative Analysis of MR Imaging Data as a Method of Predicting Outcome

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 504-509

  Kress, Bodo ^a,b   Griesbeck, Franz ^b   Stippich, Christoph ^a   Bähren, Wolfgang ^b   Sartor, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nerves, diseases; Nerves, facial; Nerves, MR

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EARDRUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MASTOID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STEROID THERAPY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BELL PALSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642580588     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2302021353     Document Type: Article

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