Sunnybrook and House-Brackmann systems in 5397 facial gradings

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 570-574

  Kanerva, Mervi ^a   Jonsson, Lars ^b   Berg, Thomas ^b   Axelsson, Sara ^c   Stjernquist Desatnik, Anna ^c   Engström, Mats ^b   Pitkäranta, Anne ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Facial grading; Facial nerve; Facial palsy; Facial paralysis; Grading

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HOUSE BRACKMANN FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUNNYBROOK FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; BELL PALSY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR; VALINE;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VALINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855534027     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810397497     Document Type: Article

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