Lymphocyte subsets in Bell's palsy: Immune pathogenesis and outcome prediction

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 258-260

  Tekgul, Hasan ^a   Polat, Muzaffer ^a   Serdaroglu, Gul ^a   Ikizoǧlu, Tarkan ^a   Yalaz, Mehmet ^a   Kutukculer, Necil ^a   Gökben, Sarenur ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BELL PALSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 4644265105     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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