Delayed facial paralysis after vestibular schwannoma surgery: Role of herpes viruses reactivation - Our experience in eight cases

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 805-810

  Franco Vidal, Valérie ^a   Nguyen, Dinh Qui ^b   Guerin, Jean ^a   Darrouzet, Vincent ^a,c  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial paralysis; Herpes virus Acyclovir

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 4544279382     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200409000-00026     Document Type: Review

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