Morphology of the human larynx during the first five years of life studied on whole organ serial sections

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-238

  Eckel, Hans Edmund ^a,c   Sprinzl, Georg Mathias ^b   Koebke, Juergen ^a   Pototschnig, Claus ^b   Sittel, Christian ^a   Stennert, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laryngeal anatomy; Laryngeal growth; Pediatric airway; Plastination; Subglottic anatomy; Vocal cord anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0345471475     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910800303     Document Type: Article

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