Vocal fold paresis: Evidence and controversies

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-162

  Sulica, Lucian ^a,d   Blitzer, Andrew ^b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Otorhinolaryngology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Larynx; Paralysis; Paresis; Vocal cord; Vocal fold

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; STEROID;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOITER; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LARYNGOPLASTY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX INJURY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 34247882788     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32814b0875     Document Type: Review

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