Neck ultrasonography for the evaluation of the etiology of adult unilateral vocal fold paralysis

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 643-648

  Wang, Cheng Ping ^a,b   Chen, Tseng Cheng ^b   Lou, Pei Jen ^b   Yang, Tsung Lin ^a,b   Hu, Ya Ling ^b,c   Shieh, Ming Jium ^a   Ko, Jenq Yuh ^b   Hsiao, Tzu Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

lung cancer; recurrent laryngeal nerve; thyroid cancer; ultrasound; vagus nerve, esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NECK METASTASIS; NECK ULTRASONOGRAPHY; NERVE TUMOR; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR; UNILATERAL VOCAL FOLD PARALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGUS NERVE SCHWANNOMA; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEURILEMMOMA; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859741972     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21794     Document Type: Article

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