Bilateral vocal cord paralysis following treatment with vincristine

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-69

  Naithani, Rahul ^a   Dolai, Tuphan Kanti ^a   Kumar, Rajat ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Neuropathy; Vincristine; Vocal cord palsy

Indexed keywords

VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PNEUMONIA; STRIDOR; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; HUMANS; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; VINCRISTINE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 58849148914     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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