Overview of facial paralysis: Current concepts

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-163

  Melvin, Thuy Anh N ^a   Limb, Charles J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's; Facial; Nerve; Palsy; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; LYME DISEASE; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MONOTHERAPY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 44149102217     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1075830     Document Type: Review

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