Repeatedly successful closure of the larynx for the treatment of chronic aspiration with the use of botulinum toxin A

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 521-524

  Pototschnig, Claus A ^a   Eckel, Hans E ^b   Schneider, Imma ^b   Thumfart, Walter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

botulinum toxin A; chronic aspiration; dysphagia; electromyography; laryngectomy; operative treatment

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX; MALE; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH REHABILITATION;

EID: 0030035670     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500705     Document Type: Article

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