Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 114-119 , January 2011

Interarytenoid Muscle Botox Injection for Treatment of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia With Vocal Tremor

The article was presented at the Pacific Voice Conference, Los Angeles, February 2009.

  • Katherine A. Kendall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Katherine A. Kendall, Department of Otolaryngology, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417.
    • ,
  • Rebecca J. Leonard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Sacramento, Sacramento, California

,Accepted 5 August 2009.

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PII: S0892-1997(09)00121-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.08.003

Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 114-119 , January 2011

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