Valacyclovir and Prednisolone Treatment for Bell's Palsy

Hato, Naohito; Yamada, Hiroyuki; Kohno, Hisashi; Matsumoto, Shuichi; Honda, Nobumitsu; Gyo, Kiyofumi; Fukuda, Satoshi; Furuta, Yasushi; Ohtani, Fumio; AIZAWA, Hiroshi; Aoyagi, Masaru; Inamura, Hiroo; Nakashima, Tsutomu; Nakata, Seiichi; Murakami, Shingo; Kiguchi, Jun; Yamano, Koji; Takeda, Taizo; Hamada, Masashi; Yamakawa, Kazuhiro

doi:10.1097/01.mao.0000265190.29969.12

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Valacyclovir and Prednisolone Treatment for Bell's Palsy

Published in Otology & Neurotology • Mar 22, 2007

Authors:

Naohito Hato

Hiroyuki Yamada

Hisashi Kohno

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of valacyclovir and prednisolone in comparison with those of placebo and prednisolone for the treatment of Bell's palsy, excluding zoster sine herpete. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, multicenter, randomized placebo-controlled study. SETTING: Six academic tertiary re...

Subject

Medicine

Prednisolone

Bell's palsy

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