The role of diabetes mellitus in the clinical presentation and prognosis of bell palsy

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 819-826

  Riga, Maria ^a   Kefalidis, George ^b   Danielides, Vasilios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bell palsy; Diabetes mellitus; Neurology; Otolaryngology

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PROGNOSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELL PALSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84869232199     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120084     Document Type: Article

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