Prednisone treatment for idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy)

N Engl J Med. 1972 Dec 21;287(25):1268-72. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197212212872503.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Edema / complications
  • Facial Muscles / physiopathology
  • Facial Nerve
  • Facial Paralysis / complications
  • Facial Paralysis / diagnosis
  • Facial Paralysis / drug therapy*
  • Facial Paralysis / etiology
  • Facial Paralysis / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth
  • Nerve Degeneration
  • Neural Conduction
  • Oculomotor Muscles / physiopathology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / complications
  • Placebos
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Placebos
  • Prednisone