Medialisation thyroplasty for unilateral vocal fold paralysis associated with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-329

  Lam, Paul K Y ^a   Wei, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Tuberculosis, pulmonary; Vocal fold paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX SURGERY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID SURGERY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; THYROID CARTILAGE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 34548240140     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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