A new role for magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of laryngeal relapsing polychondritis

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 484-489

  Heman Ackah, Yolanda D ^a   Remley, Kent B ^a   Goding Jr , George S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Diagnosis; Laryngeal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Relapsing polychondritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDRITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING;

EID: 0032856621     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199908)21:5<484::AID-HED16>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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