I can't move my face! a case of bilateral facial palsy

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 788-790

  Greenberg, Marna Rayl ^a   Urquhart, Megan C ^a   Eygnor, Jessica K ^a   Worrilow, Charles C ^a   Gesell, Nicole Ceccacci ^a   Porter, Bernadette Glenn ^a   Miller, Andrew C ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LYME DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885823569     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 19451997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7556/jaoa.2013.048     Document Type: Article

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