An analysis of diagnostic delay in unilateral facial paralysis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-188

  Alaani, A ^a   Hogg, R ^a   Saravanappa, N ^a   Irving, Richard M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial Paralysis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Tomography, X ray Computed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPASM; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORRHEA; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PONS ANGLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL BONE; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16844374382     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215053561477     Document Type: Article

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