Measurements of pre- and postpubertal human larynx: A cadaver study

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Wysocki, Jarosław ^a,b   Kielska, Ewa ^c   Orszulak, Piotr ^a   Reymond, Jerzy ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing   (Poland)

^c Specialist Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adults; Cadavers; Children; Larynx; Measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAMERA; CHILD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LARYNX; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNX; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 42449130012     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0307-8     Document Type: Article

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