Bell's palsy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Gilden, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECLAMPSIA; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EYELID CLOSURE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SALIVA; SEX ROLE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TOOTH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

BELL PALSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4644367114     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp041120     Document Type: Article

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