Onset of bell's palsy in late pregnancy and early puerperium is associated with worse long-term outcomes

Laryngoscope

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2854-2859

  Phillips, Katie M ^a   Heiser, Alyssa ^a   Gaudin, Robert ^a   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a   Jowett, Nate ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

antivirals; Bell's palsy; corticosteroids; facial palsy; facial paralysis; outcomes; Pregnancy; puerperium; third trimester; valacyclovir

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTRONIC CLINICIAN GRADED FACIAL FUNCTION SCALE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNKINESIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BELL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85017280156     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.26569     Document Type: Article

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