Simultaneous bilateral Bell's palsy during pregnancy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1211-1213

  Kovo, Michal ^a   Sagi, Yair ^a   Lampl, Yair ^b   Golan, Abraham ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bells palsy; Bilateral; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC BILATERAL BELL PALSY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; OTALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 73949109944     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903009255     Document Type: Article

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