Anatomical consideration of the temporal bone as a pathogenesis of Bell's palsy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-707

  Kim, Jin ^a   Jung, Gu Hyun ^a   Park, See Young ^a   Ko, Seung Hyun ^b   Lee, Won Sang ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOGENESIS; TEMPORAL BONE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BELL PALSY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 80053988604     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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