Congenital bilateral vocal cord paralysis and the role of glycine

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 494-498

  Berkowitz, Robert G ^a,b   Sun, Qi Jian ^a   Pilowsky, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glycine; Larynx; Motoneuron; Strychnine; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; IONTOPHORESIS; LARYNX MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 20544469733     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400612     Document Type: Article

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