Acute respiratory failure due to vocal cord paralysis in a patient with Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1862-1863

  Kim, Hee J ^a   Jeon, Beom S ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CLOZAPINE; PRAMIPEXOLE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STRIDOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 70450046395     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22691     Document Type: Letter

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