Facial nerve grading instruments: Systematic review of the literature and suggestion for uniformity

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 569-579

  Fattah, Adel Y ^a   Gurusinghe, Anthony D R ^b   Gavilan, Javier ^b   Hadlock, Tessa A ^b   Marcus, Jeff R ^b   Marres, Henri ^b   Nduka, Charles C ^b   Slattery, William H ^b   Snyder Warwick, Alison K ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84926189021     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000905     Document Type: Review

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