Histologic changes in human vocal folds correlated with aging: A histomorphometric study

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 894-898

  Ximenes Filho, João Aragao ^a,b   Tsuji, Domingos Hiroshi ^a   Saldiva Do Nascimento, Paulo Hilario ^a   Sennes, Luiz Ubirajara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged population; Aging; Cadaver; Vocal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL DENSITY; CHORION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LARYNX; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN STRUCTURE; STEREOMETRY; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0141918829     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311201012     Document Type: Article

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