Rhinolalia: An underappreciated sign of pneumomediastinum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 615-616

  Hoover, Lance R ^a   Febinger, Dennis L ^a   Tripp, Henry F ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NASAL SPEECH; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOICE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0034006748     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01114-5     Document Type: Article

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