Retroauricular pain preceding Bell's palsy: Report of three cases and clinical analysis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 139-143

  Chida, Keiji ^b   Okita, Naoshi ^a   Takase, Sadao ^a  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Iwate Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Pain; Prognosis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BELL PALSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744412614     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.197.139     Document Type: Article

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