Ehlers-Danlos syndrome presenting as dysphonia and manifesting as tongue hypermobility: Report of 2 cases

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Richmon, Jeremy D ^a,c   Wang Rodriguez, Jessica ^b   Thekdi, Apurva A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SOFT PALATE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TISSUE; TISSUE INJURY; TONGUE; TONGUE HYPERMOBILITY;

EID: 65349145875     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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