Brainstem pathology in spasmodic dysphonia

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-124

  Simonyan, Kristina ^a   Ludlow, Christy L ^a   Vortmeyer, Alexander O ^a  

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

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Laryngeal dystonia; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR OLIVE; INFLAMMATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RARE DISEASE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VOCAL CORD; AUTOPSY; DYSPHONIA; MEIGE SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIGE SYNDROME; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 74049156882     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20677     Document Type: Article

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