Bell's palsy may have relations to bacterial infection

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-170

  Liu, Jiaqiang ^a   Li, Yongming ^a   Yuan, Xiao ^b   Lin, Zhu ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BELL PALSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACIAL NERVE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BELL PALSY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 57749209983     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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