Vocal Cord Dysfunction/Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-103

  Hicks, Marcy ^a   Brugman, Susan M ^a   Katial, Rohit ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGENATION; PARADOXICAL VOCAL FOLD MOTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ASTHMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LARYNGISMUS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 38149118218     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2007.09.005     Document Type: Review

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