Idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy) in the immediate puerperium in a patient with mild preeclampsia: A case report

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Mylonas, Ioannis ^a   Kästner, Ralph ^a   Sattler, Christina ^a   Kainer, Franz ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIRENZEPINE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; SYMPTOM;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; BELL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEEK; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIRENZEPINE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALINE;

EID: 26244461968     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-005-0742-2     Document Type: Article

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