Blink reflex R2 recovery curves in patients with facial palsy within ten days after onset

ORL

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-22

  Toda, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Katsuhiko ^b   Takeda, Noriaki ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization Kochi National Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Blink reflex; Facial palsy; Recovery curve

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX;

EID: 21744455578     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083009     Document Type: Article

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