Assessment and management of facial nerve palsy

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Masterson, Liam ^a   Vallis, Martin ^b   Quinlivan, Ros ^c   Prinsley, Peter ^d  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Rosedale Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BELL PALSY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EXERCISE; EYE CARE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 84945956030     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3725     Document Type: Article

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