Current aetiology of unilateral vocal fold paralysis in a teaching hospital in the West of Scotland

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 907-910

  Loughran, S ^a,b   Alves, C ^a   MacGregor, F B ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Vocal Cord Paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0036853309     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150260369426     Document Type: Article

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