Medical Management of Acute Facial Paralysis

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1051-1075

  O, Teresa M ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute facial paralysis; Antiviral therapy; Bell palsy; Corticosteroids; Facial paresis; Medical therapy; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; AMYLOIDOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHCET DISEASE; BELL PALSY; BENIGN NEOPLASM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; EYE CARE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FACIAL NERVE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BELL PALSY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 85054481975     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2018.07.004     Document Type: Review

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