Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Swan, Iain ^a   Donnan, Peter ^b   McAllister, Kerrie ^c   Walker, David ^c  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRACTURE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NERVE FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYNKINESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049085962     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007468     Document Type: Review

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