Surgical treatment of benign vocal fold lesions

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 492-496

  Thekdi, Apurva A ^a   Rosen, Clark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX SURGERY; LARYNX TUMOR; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROBOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 0036892095     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200212000-00014     Document Type: Review

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