Comparison of Acyclovir and Famciclovir for Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 754-758

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Jung, Junyang ^b   Kim, Sung Su ^c   Byun, Jae Yong ^a   Park, Moon Suh ^a   Yeo, Seung Geun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology ^*  (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Age; Famciclovir; Ramsay hunt syndrome; Severity; Steroid

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FAMCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

2-AMINOPURINE; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85013414332     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001367     Document Type: Article

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