Coexistent asthma and functional upper airway obstruction: Case reports and review of the literature

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1358-1361

  Elshami, Ashraf A ^a   Tino, Gregory ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; laryngeal dysfunction; paradoxical vocal cord motion; stridor; upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029797788     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.5.1358     Document Type: Article

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