Long-term effect of prednisolone on functional blink recovery after transient peripheral facial motor paralysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 448-454

  VanderWerf, Frans ^a   Reits, Dik ^a   Metselaar, Mick ^a   De Zeeuw, Chris I ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blinking; EMG; Orbicularis oculi muscle; Peripheral motor paralysis; Prednisolone; Recovery

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; BLINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858842101     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811428029     Document Type: Article

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