Acyclovir plus steroid vs steroid alone in the treatment of Bell's palsy

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-166

  Yeo, Seung Geun ^a   Lee, Young Chan ^a   Park, Dong Choon ^b   Cha, Chang Il ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOUSE BRACKMANN GRADE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749094644     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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