Do we need to give steroids in children with Bell's palsy?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 505-507

  Ashtekar, Chetan Sandeep ^a   Joishy, Manohara ^a   Joshi, Rohit ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE SHEATH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS REACTIVATION; REVIEW;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BELL PALSY; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 21644443285     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.026567     Document Type: Short Survey

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