Prevalence of taste disorders in idiopathic and B. burgdorferi-associated facial palsy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1750-1752

  Hufschmidt, Andreas ^a   Shabarin, V ^a   Yakovlev Leyendecker, O ^a   Deppe, O ^b   Rauer, S ^c  

^a St Elisabeth Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b Laboratoriumsmedizin MVZ Köln   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Neuroborreliosis; Taste disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; TASTE DISORDER;

EID: 70349638077     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5234-z     Document Type: Article

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