Bilateral facial palsy in a case of leptospirosis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 386-387

  Maldonado, Fabien ^a,d   Portier, Henri ^b   Kisterman, Jean Paul ^c  

^a Forum Health   (United States)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Digestive Surgery Macon Hospital   (France)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 3242805969     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020299     Document Type: Article

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