Characteristics of facial nerve palsy during childhood in Japan: Frequency of varicella-zoster virus association

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-249

  Ogita, Satoko ^a   Terada, Kihei ^a   Niizuma, Takahiro ^a   Kosaka, Yasuko ^a   Kataoka, Naoki ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Children; Facial nerve palsy; Ramsay Hunt syndrome; Zoster sine herpete

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BIRTH INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646773962     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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