Vocal cord dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Four cases and a review of the literature

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1329-1333

  Van Der Graaff, Maaike M ^a   Grolman, Wilko ^a   Westermann, Erik J ^b   Boogaardt, Hans C ^a   Koelman, Hans ^a   Van Der Kooi, Anneke J ^a   Tijssen, Marina A ^a   De Visser, Marianne ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY; VITAL CAPACITY; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 70449686516     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.250     Document Type: Review

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