Brain & Nervous System Health Center

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Other Works Consulted

• Brannagan TH, Weimer LH (2010). Cranial and peripheral nerve lesions. In LP Rowland, TA Pedley, eds., Merritt?s Neurology, 12th ed., pp. 503-519. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

• Grogan PM, Gronseth GS (2001). Practice parameter: Steroids, acyclovir, and surgery for Bell's palsy (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology, 56(7): 830-836.

• Sullivan FM, et al. (2007). Early treatment with prednisolone or acyclovir in Bell's palsy. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(16): 1598-1607.