Outcomes of facial palsy in children

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 915-920

  Shih, Wei Hsun ^a   Tseng, Fen Yu ^b   Yeh, Te Huei ^a   Hsu, Chuan Jen ^a   Chen, Yuh Shyang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SAINT PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Etiology; Facial palsy; Outcome; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOMUS TYMPANICUM TUMOR; HEAD INJURY; HEMANGIOMA; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350371635     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802468179     Document Type: Article

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