Spastic Dysphonia and Essential (Voice) Tremor Treated With Primidone

Archives of Otolaryngology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1984, Pages 394-397

  Hartman, David E ^a   Vishwanat, Balaji ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMIDONE;

CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; LARYNX; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPASTIC DYSPHONIA; THERAPY; VOICE TREMOR;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIMIDONE; SPASM; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0021215637     PISSN: 00039977     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1984.00800320048011     Document Type: Article

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