Acute peripheral facial palsy in adults

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 672-676

  Ljøstad, Unn ^a   Økstad, Siri ^a   Topstad, Thom ^a,c   Mygland, Åse ^a,b   Monstad, Per ^a  

^a Kristiansand Serviceboks 416 ^*  (Norway)

^b Spesialsykehuset for Rehabilitering HF   (Norway)

^c Dept of Reconstructive Surgery   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROGRAPHY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 20844450742     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0715-1     Document Type: Article

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