Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 728-731 , November 2010

Medical Comorbidities for Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion (Vocal Cord Dysfunction) in the Military Population

These data were presented at the 3rd National Conference on Vocal Cord Dysfunction/Paradoxical Vocal Function Motion, Denver, CO, in July 2007.

  • Joyce Gurevich-Uvena

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Joseph M. Parker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Thomas M. Fitzpatrick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Matthew J. Makashay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Michelle M. Perello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Elizabeth A. Blair

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Nancy Pearl Solomon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Nancy Pearl Solomon, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307.

,Accepted 27 March 2009.

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 Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the US Government. No author has a known conflict of interest with any aspect of the work represented here.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.03.007

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 728-731 , November 2010

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