Progressive bilateral facial weakness

Practical Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-79

  Carswell, Christopher ^a   Northey, Luke C ^a   Davies, Leo ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PLASMAPHERESIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLASMA EXCHANGE;

EID: 84921805090     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2014-000989     Document Type: Article

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