Treatment of Bell's palsy--the pendulum has swung back to steroids alone

Lancet Neurol. 2008 Nov;7(11):976-7. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70222-9. Epub 2008 Oct 10.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bell Palsy / drug therapy*
  • Bell Palsy / physiopathology
  • Brain Edema / drug therapy
  • Brain Edema / prevention & control
  • Brain Edema / virology
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Facial Nerve / drug effects
  • Facial Nerve / pathology
  • Facial Nerve / virology
  • Herpes Simplex / complications
  • Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
  • Herpes Simplex / pathology
  • Humans
  • Steroids / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Steroids