Differential diagnosis of peripheral facial nerve palsy: a retrospective clinical, MRI and CSF-based study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 266, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 2488-2494

  Zimmermann, Julia ^a   Jesse, Sarah ^a   Kassubek, Jan ^a   Pinkhardt, Elmar ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Etiologies; Facial nerve palsy; Facial paralysis; MR imaging; Neuroborreliosis; Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GADOTERIDOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BELL PALSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85068314813     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-019-09387-w     Document Type: Article

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