Electromyography and the immobile vocal fold

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-74

  Sulica, Lucian ^a,b,c,g   Blitzer, Andrew ^d,e,f  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Head and Neck Surgical Group   (United States)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNX MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYNKINESIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 1542376186     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(03)00168-3     Document Type: Review

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