Adding antiviral agents to steroids to treat paralysis is not linked to improved recovery
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 19:42
in Health & Medicine
Adding an antiviral agent to corticosteroids for treatment of Bell's palsy (a condition characterised by partial facial paralysis) is not associated with improved recovery of facial movement function, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies in the June issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...