Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 475-476 , May 2010

Do Antiviral Medications Improve Recovery in Patients With Bell's Palsy?

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 An installment of the Systematic Review series:

 This is a systematic review abstract, a regular feature of the Annals' Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine (EBEM) series. Each features an abstract of a systematic review from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and a commentary by an emergency physician knowledgeable in the subject area. The source for this systematic review abstract is: Lockhart P, Daly F, Pitkethly M, Comerford N, Sullivan F. Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009, Issue 4: CD001869. DOI: 0.1002/14651858. The Annals EBEM editors assisted in the preparation of the abstract of this Cochrane systematic review.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01809-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.009

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 475-476 , May 2010

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