Nuclear bilateral Bell's palsy and ageusia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pulmonary infection

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-419

  Trad, Salim ^a   Ghosn, Jade ^a   Dormont, Didier ^a   Stankoff, Bruno ^a   Bricaire, François ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; OFLOXACIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGEUSIA; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGEUSIA; BELL PALSY; ERYTHEMA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 16844362331     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45859-0     Document Type: Article

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