Common Diagnoses and Treatments in Professional Voice Users

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1025-1061

  Franco, Ramon A ^a   Andrus, Jennifer G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NYSTATIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE;

AGING; ANAMNESIS; BLEEDING; CYST; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHONIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNX DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE TONE; MYCOSIS; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYP; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; VARICOSIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MUSCLE TONUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 34548259933     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2007.05.008     Document Type: Review

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