Battery ingestion leading to bilateral vocal cord paresis

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 304-306

  Patel, Sapna A ^a   Hillel, Allen D ^a   Perkins, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 84875834598     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.1825     Document Type: Article

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