Prevalence of Bell’s palsy in Qena Governorate, Egypt

Neurological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 663-668

  Khedr, Eman M ^a   Fawi, Gharib ^b   Abbas, Mohammed Abd Allah ^c   El Fetoh, Noha Abo ^a   Zaki, Ahmed F ^c   Gamea, Ayman ^c  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

^c South Valley University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bell's Palsy; Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Recovery rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978531647     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2016.1190121     Document Type: Article

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