Idiopathic Laryngeal Hemiplegia

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-93

  Tetens, Joanne ^a,c,e   Derksen, Frederik J ^b,f   Hillmann, Daniel J ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Vet Clinical Sciences ^*

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Amer College of Veterinary Surgeons   (United States)

^f AMER COLL OF VET INT MEDICINE   (United States)

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