Electro-acupuncture for Facial Palsy with Synkinesis.
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Acupuncture treatment of facial palsy.
BACKGROUND Bell's palsy is an idiopathic, acute peripheral-nerve palsy involving the facial nerve which supplies all the muscles of facial expression. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of electro-A=acupuncture on patients with facial palsy. METHODS This study was conducted on patients with facial palsy at a private clinic at Peshawar during 1999-2009, and 49 cases were included...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Zen Nihon Shinkyu Gakkai zasshi (Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion)
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1882-661X,0285-9955
DOI: 10.3777/jjsam.55.601