Bell's palsy: A rare complication of interferon therapy for hepatitis C

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 619-620

  Hwang, Inku ^a   Calvit, T Barry ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a   Holtzmuller, Kent C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; AMITRIPTYLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INTERFERON; NAPROXEN; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMATITIS; SYMPTOM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2942718958     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000026389.56819.0c     Document Type: Letter

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