Unilateral facial paralysis after treatment of secondary syphilis

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-585

  Berger, Emily M ^a   Galadari, Hassan I ^b   Gottlieb, Alice B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 47249122085     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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