The neurologist's dilemma: A comprehensive clinical review of Bell's palsy, with emphasis on current management trends

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-90

  Zandian, Anthony ^a   Osiro, Stephen ^a,b   Hudson, Ryan ^a   Ali, Irfan M ^a   Matusz, Petru ^c   Tubbs, Shane R ^d   Loukas, Marios ^a,e  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b WOODHULL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Medical School ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Bell Palsy; Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65; Hydroxycorticosteroids

Indexed keywords

FAMCICLOVIR; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMIPLEGIA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SYNKINESIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

BELL PALSY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892683759     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889876     Document Type: Article

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