Medium term outcome in Bell's palsy in children

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 444-446

  McNamara, Roisin ^a,b   Doyle, Jennifer ^a   Mc Kay, Mary ^a   Keenan, Peter ^a   Babl, Franz E ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; TORTICOLLIS;

ANALGESIA PAIN CONTROLCHILD; CHILD; CLINICAL; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; FACIAL NERVE PALSY; NEUROLOGY; PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MED; STEROID;

BELL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878020454     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201270     Document Type: Article

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