The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 518-523 , May 2010

Do Either Corticosteroids or Antiviral Agents Reduce the Risk of Long-Term Facial Paresis in Patients with New-Onset Bell's Palsy?

  • Andrew Worster, MD, MSC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Samuel M. Keim, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Samuel M. Keim, md, ms, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Arizona Health Sciences Center, PO Box 245057, Tucson, AZ 84724-5057
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  • Rupinder Sahsi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • The Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) Group

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Arthur M. Pancioli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Received 23 April 2009 ,Revised 19 June 2009 ,Accepted 1 August 2009.

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PII: S0736-4679(09)00686-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.016

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 518-523 , May 2010

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