Unilateral vocal fold paralysis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 176-181

  Hoff, Paul T ^a   Hogikyan, Norman D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LARYNX SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; REST; REVIEW; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0029900261     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-199606000-00004     Document Type: Review

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