Emerging vs time-tested methods of facial grading among patients with facial paralysis

JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 251-257

  Gaudin, Robert A ^a   Robinson, Mara ^a   Banks, Caroline A ^a   Baiungo, Jennifer ^a   Jowett, Nate ^a   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84979867368     PISSN: 21686076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamafacial.2016.0025     Document Type: Article

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