A small effect of adding antiviral agents in treating patients with severe Bell palsy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 353-357

  Van Der Veen, Erwin L ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   De Ru, J Alexander ^b   Van Der Heijden, Geert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Bell palsy; Facial nerve; Paralysis; Paresis; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DATA PROCESSING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; MALE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL NERVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858814344     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811432537     Document Type: Article

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