Differential diagnosis of muscle tension dysphonia and spasmodic dysphonia

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Roy, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor spasmodic dysphonia; Differential diagnosis; Muscle tension dysphonia; Task dependency

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MUSCLE TENSION DYSPHONIA; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REVIEW; SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA; MUSCLE TONE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VOICE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPHONIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE TONUS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 77952411148     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328339376c     Document Type: Review

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