Bilateral facial paralysis: Case presentation and discussion of differential diagnosis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Jain, Vishal ^a   Deshmukh, Anagha ^a   Gollomp, Stephen ^a  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral facial palsy; Neurosarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; MEPREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745650485     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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