Prescribe prednisolone alone for Bell's palsy diagnosed within 72 hours of symptom onset

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7691, 2009, Pages 410-411

  Madhok, Vishnu ^a   Falk, Gavin ^b   Fahey, Tom ^b   Sullivan, Frank M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Scottish School of Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BELL PALSY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREDNISOLONE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849142072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b255     Document Type: Article

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