Correlation between the incidence and severity of Bell's palsy and seasonal variations in Taiwan

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 459-464

  Hsieh, Ru Lan ^a,b,c   Wang, Ling Yi ^d   Lee, Wen Chung ^d  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Incidence; Seasonal variation; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84879189371     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.763804     Document Type: Article

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