Breathing and voice quality after surgical treatment for bilateral vocal cord paralysis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-284

  Harnisch, Wilma ^a   Brosch, Sibylle ^a,b   Schmidt, Michael ^a   Hagen, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; GOTTINGEN HOARSENESS DIAGRAM; HUMAN; LARYNX SURGERY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PHONATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; BREATHING EXERCISES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

EID: 41149108619     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2007.44     Document Type: Article

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