Facial nerve palsy: Etiology and approach to diagnosis and treatment

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 763-769

  Lorch, Margarita ^a   Teach, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell palsy; congenital palsy; facial nerve palsy; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ALBERS SCHOENBERG DISEASE; BELL PALSY; BIRTH INJURY; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; NEUROIMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77958578158     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181f3bd4a     Document Type: Review

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