Mild Vocal Fold Paresis: Understanding Clinical Presentation and Electromyographic Findings

Journal of Voice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-281

  Heman Ackah, Yolanda D ^a   Barr, Arlene ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Laryngeal electromyography; Larynx; Vocal fold hypomobility; Vocal fold paresis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROIDITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 33646350496     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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