Comparison of conservative therapy and steroid therapy for bell’s palsy in children

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 332-337

  Yoo, Hye Won ^a   Yoon, Lira ^a   Kim, Hye Young ^a   Kwak, Min Jung ^a   Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Bae, Mi Hye ^a   Lee, Yunjin ^b   Nam, Sang Ook ^b   Kim, Young Mi ^a  

^a Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bell palsy; Child; Peripheral facial paralysis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MANNITOL; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 85056797870     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2018.06380     Document Type: Article

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