Permanent latrogenic vocal cord paralysis after' I-131 therapy: A case report and literature review]

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 508-510

  Coover, Leonard R ^a  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

I 131 Ablution; Vocal Cord Paralysis

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; RADIATION HAZARD; THYROID NODULE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION INJURIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID NODULE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0033624023     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200007000-00002     Document Type: Article

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