Study evaluates use of corticosteroids and antiviral agents for treatment of Bell Palsy

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 16:49 in Health & Medicine

Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of corticosteroids and antiviral agents may be associated with additional benefit, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of previously published studies, reported in the September 2 is

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