Diagnostic testing for vocal fold paralysis: Survey of practice and evidence-based medicine review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1539-1552

  Merati, Albert L ^a   Halum, Stacey L ^b   Smith, Timothy L ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Computed tomography; Diagnostic testing; Idiopathic; Vocal fold paralysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 33748541637     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000234937.46306.c2     Document Type: Review

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