Recovery of facial movement and facial synkinesis in Bell's palsy patients

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-644

  Kanaya, Kaori ^a   Ushio, Munetaka ^a   Kondo, Kenji ^a   Hagisawa, Miho ^a   Suzukawa, Keigo ^a   Yamaguchi, Takuhiro ^a   Tojima, Hitoshi ^b   Suzuki, Mitsuya ^a   Yamasoba, Tatsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hitachi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Blink reflex; Electroneurography; Synkinesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL SYNKINESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNKINESIS;

ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNKINESIS;

EID: 68849087126     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181ab31af     Document Type: Article

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