A general practice approach to Bell's palsy

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 794-797

  Phan, Nga T ^a,b   Panizza, Benedict ^a,b   Wallwork, Benjamin ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR; VALINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BELL PALSY; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACYCLOVIR; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; VALINE;

EID: 84995810451     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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