Objective method for facial motricity grading in healthy individuals and in patients with unilateral peripheral facial palsy

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Mitre, Edson Ibrahim ^a   Lazarini, Paulo Roberto ^a   Dolci, José Eduardo Lutaif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYEBROW; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSE AND BRACKMANN GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36549008557     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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