Recommendations of the Neurolaryngology Study Group on laryngeal electromyography

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Blitzer, Andrew ^a   Crumley, Roger L ^b   Dailey, Seth H ^c   Ford, Charles N ^c   Floeter, Mary Kay ^d   Hillel, Allen D ^e   Hoffmann, Henry T ^f   Ludlow, Christy L ^d   Merati, Albert ^e   Munin, Michael C ^h   Robinson, Lawrence R ^e   Rosen, Clark ^h   Saxon, Keith G ⁱ   Sulica, Lucian ^j   Thibeault, Susan L ^c   Titze, Ingo ^g   Woo, Peak ^k   Woodson, Gayle E ^k,l  

^a Head and Neck Surgical Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^k MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX MUSCLE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 65649124179     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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