Bell's palsy - Is glucocorticoid treatment enough?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1653-1655

  Gilden, Donald H ^a   Tyler, Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR; VALINE;

AGEUSIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; EYELID RETRACTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LACRIMATION DISORDER; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MONOTHERAPY; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNKINESIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 35348989676     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe078188     Document Type: Editorial

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