Facial palsy associated with leptospirosis;Paralysie faciale associée à la leptospirose

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 716-717

  Oulad Lahsen, A ^a   Rachidi, T ^a   Sodqi, M ^a   Abada, R ^a   Elfilali Marhoum, K ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Leptospirosis; Spirochetes

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE VECTORS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; MALE; MOROCCO; PENICILLINS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PREDNISOLONE; PRISONERS; RATS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; WEIL DISEASE;

EID: 78650173715     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2010.04.010     Document Type: Letter

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