Bell's palsy and pregnancy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 858-861

  Vrabec, Jeffrey T ^a   Isaacson, Brandon ^b   Van Hook, James W ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EYE CARE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MONOTHERAPY; MUMPS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGNOSIS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 36148929035     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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