Erratum (DOI:10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70222-9);Treatment of Bell's palsy-the pendulum has swung back to steroids alone

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 976-977

  Gilden, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARM WEAKNESS; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ECLAMPSIA; FACE EDEMA; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INJURY; LEG; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; LYME DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 53449094107     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70251-5     Document Type: Erratum

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