Validity and reliability of the Glottal Function Index

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 961-964

  Bach, Kevin K ^a   Belafsky, Peter C ^b   Wasylik, Kathleen ^c   Postma, Gregory N ^d   Koufman, Jamie A ^d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSPHONIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOTTAL FUNCTION INDEX; GLOTTIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOTTIS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 28144453372     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.11.961     Document Type: Article

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