Bilateral facial palsy associated with leptospirosis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-321

  Da Silva, Andressa Alves ^a   Ducroquet, Marcelo ^a   Pedrozo Jr , Jeff Chandler ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bilateral facial palsy; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE;

FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77949784396     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702009000400017     Document Type: Article

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