Physical therapy for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Teixeira, Lázaro Juliano ^a   Soares, Bernardo Garcia De Oliveira ^b   Vieira, Vanessa Pedrosa ^b   Prado, Gilmar F ^a  

^a Prefeitura Municipal de Balneario Camboriu ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYNKINESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 55049130804     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006283.pub2     Document Type: Review

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