Clinical importance of smiling in patients with a peripheral facial palsy

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1305-1306

  Pouwels, Sjaak ^a   Beurskens, Carien H G ^b   Luijmes, Robin E ^a   Ingels, Koen J A O ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERIPHERAL FACIAL PALSY; PLASTIC SURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SURGEON; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; SMILING;

EID: 84979562059     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2016.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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