Epidemiology of Bell's palsy in Isfahan, Iran

Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-187

  Movahedian, Bijan ^a   Ghafoornia, Maryam ^a   Saadatnia, Mohammad ^a,b,c   Falahzadeh, Ahmadreza ^a   Fateh, Ali ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 65949123342     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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