Varicella zoster and Borrelia burgdorferi are the main agents associated with facial paresis, especially in children

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-151

  Jäämaa, Sari ^a   Salonen, Matteus ^a   Seppälä, Ilkka ^b   Piiparinen, Heli ^b   Sarna, Seppo ^b   Koskiniemi, Marjaleena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Etiology; Facial paresis; Therapy; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, VIRAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 18144451316     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00169-5     Document Type: Article

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