Aging voice or vocal fold paresis: What can I do about it?

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1114-1116

  Bielamowicz, Steven ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GELFOAM; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLITEF;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX MUSCLE; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PITCH; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

AGED; AGING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 4444379483     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.9.1114     Document Type: Article

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