Vocal cord dysfunction: Don't mistake it for asthma

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 63-85

  Brugman, Susan M ^a,b   Simons, Stephen M ^c,d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c St Joseph's Medical Center   (United States)

^d American College of Sports Medicine

^e Amer Med Soc for Sports Medicine

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; STRIDOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0031898345     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1998.05.1013     Document Type: Review

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