Agreement between the Sunnybrook, House-Brackmann, and Yanagihara facial nerve grading systems in Bell's palsy

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1020-1026

  Berg, Thomas ^a   Jonsson, Lars ^a   Engström, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Facial nerve grading; House Brackmann; Sunnybrook; Yanagihara

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HOUSE BRACKMANN FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SUNNYBROOK FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; YANAGIHARA FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELL PALSY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 8544226977     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200411000-00027     Document Type: Article

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