Dysphagia after total laryngectomy

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 139-146

  Sullivan, Paula A ^a,b   Hartig, Gregory K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYNAMICS; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SWALLOWING;

EID: 0035009398     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200106000-00004     Document Type: Review

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