Agreement between the facial nerve grading system 2.0 and the house-Brackmann grading system in patients with bell palsy

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 135-139

  Lee, Ho Yun ^a   Moon, Suh Park ^a   Byun, Jae Yong ^a   Chung, Ji Hyun ^a   Na, Se Young ^a   Yeo, Seung Geun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bell palsy; Facial nerve grading system 2.0; House brackmann scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884584333     PISSN: 19768710     EISSN: 20050720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2013.6.3.135     Document Type: Article

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