Idiopathic (bell's) facial palsy: Natural history defies steroid or surgical treatment.
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 95 (4) , 406-409
- https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198504000-00007
Abstract
Idiopathic (Bell's) facial palsy is a self-limiting, non-life threatening, and spontaneously remitting disorder. The natural history of Bell's palsy is favorable: 84% of 1011 patients with Bell's pal...Keywords
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