Melkersson-rosenthal syndrome: Case report of a 30-year misdiagnosis

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1035-1039

  Gerressen, Marcus ^a   Ghassemi, Alireza ^a   Stockbrink, Gereon ^a   Riediger, Dieter ^a   Zadeh, Mohsen Dabir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE EDEMA; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LONG TERM CARE; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MOUTH EXAMINATION; STOMACH ULCER; TONGUE DISEASE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DICLOFENAC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TONGUE, FISSURED;

EID: 21244462845     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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