Epidemiology of Bell's palsy in an Italian health district: Incidence and case-control study;Epidemiologia della paralisi di Bell in un distretto sanitario Italiano: Studio d'incidenza e caso-controllo

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 198-204

  Monini, S ^a   Lazzarino, A I ^b   Iacolucci, C ^a   Buffoni, A ^a   Barbara, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BELL PALSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME;

EID: 77958449817     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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