Acute stridor as a presentation of bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1046-1048

  Strauss, A ^a   Finder, M ^a   Lipman, J ^a   Conidaris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Airway; obstruction; Gastrointestinal tract; oesophagus, carcinoma; Larynx; vocal cords, paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PNEUMONIA; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0029860922     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb15002.x     Document Type: Article

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