The course of pain in Bell's palsy: Treatment with prednisolone and valacyclovir

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 842-846

  Berg, Thomas ^a   Axelsson, Sara ^b   Engström, Mats ^a   Stjernquist Desatnik, Anna ^b   Pitkäranta, Anne ^c   Kanerva, Mervi ^c   Jonsson, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Pain; Prednisolone; Valacyclovir

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK PAIN; OTALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALINE;

EID: 69749086888     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181ab31c8     Document Type: Article

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