Do Antiviral Medications Improve Symptoms in the Treatment of Bell's Palsy?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 364-365

  Hernandez, Jeremy M ^a   Sherbino, Jonathan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

BELL PALSY; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 84977537850     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.05.026     Document Type: Editorial

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