Vallecular cyst: Report of four cases - One with co-existing laryngomalacia

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 224-226

  Ku, Albert S W ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Child; Laryngeal diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOMALACIA; LASER SURGERY; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRIDOR; VALLECULAR CYST; VOMITING;

EID: 0034068384     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215001905184     Document Type: Article

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