Facial palsy: Etiology, outcome and management in children

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Jenke, Andreas Christoph ^a   Stoek, Lisa Marie ^a   Zilbauer, Matthias ^a   Wirth, Stefan ^a   Borusiak, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Facial palsy; Neuroborreliosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955470160     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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