Bell's Palsy in Children (BellPIC): Protocol for a multicentre, placebo-controlled randomized trial

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Babl, Franz E ^a,b,c   Mackay, Mark T ^a,b,c   Borland, Meredith L ^d,e   Herd, David W ^f,g,h   Kochar, Amit ⁱ   Hort, Jason ^j   Rao, Arjun ^k   Cheek, John A ^a,b,l   Furyk, Jeremy ^m   Barrow, Lisa ⁿ   George, Shane ^o   Zhang, Michael ^p   Gardiner, Kaya ^b   Lee, Katherine J ^b,c   Davidson, Andrew ^a,b,c   Berkowitz, Robert ^a,c   Sullivan, Frank ^q   Porrello, Emily ^a   Dalziel, Kim Marie ^c,r   Anderson, Vicki ^b,s   Oakley, Ed ^a,b,c   Hopper, Sandy ^a,b,c   Williams, Fiona ^b   Wilson, Catherine ^b   Williams, Amanda ^a,b   Dalziel, Stuart R ^t,u   more..

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h Mater Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

ⁱ WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^k SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^m JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^p JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^t STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^u UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Child; Facial nerve palsy; House Brackmann scale; Prednisolone; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY; SYNKINESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREDNISOLONE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85013276119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0702-y     Document Type: Article

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