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Prognosis and treatment of idiopathic facial (Bell's) palsy.
have described methods for the early establishment of an accurate prognosis in idiopathic facial palsy and for the reduction in the incidence of denervation, with permanent sequelae, in this common condition. The present communication describes our experience of the use of these two methods in the routine management of facial palsy in the two years following the controlled trials. The results s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5604.561-a