Valacyclovir and prednisolone treatment for Bell's palsy: A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-413

  Hato, Naohito ^a   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Kohno, Hisashi ^a   Matsumoto, Shuichi ^a   Honda, Nobumitsu ^a   Gyo, Kiyofumi ^a   Fukuda, Satoshi ^b   Furuta, Yasushi ^b   Ohtani, Fumio ^b   Aizawa, Hiroshi ^b   Aoyagi, Masaru ^c   Inamura, Hiroo ^c   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^d   Nakata, Seiichi ^d   Murakami, Shingo ^e   Kiguchi, Jun ^e   Yamano, Koji ^e   Takeda, Taizo ^f   Hamada, Masashi ^f   Yamakawa, Kazuhiro ^f  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Prednisolone; RCT; Valacyclovir; Zoster sine herpete

Indexed keywords

MECOBALAMIN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALINE;

EID: 34247271979     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000265190.29969.12     Document Type: Article

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