Management of Bell's palsy

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Review

Dhruvashree Somasundara et al. Aust Prescr. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;40(3):94-97.

doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.030. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bell's palsy; antiviral drugs; corticosteroids.

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Conflict of interest: none declared

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