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Vocal cord paralysis and respiratory muscle weakness: an unusual presentation of chronic polyneuropathy
L K Chau1, K A Webb, A C Jackson
1Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Canada.
Canadian Respiratory Journal
|August 26, 1998
Abstract:
A case of chronic polyneuropathy that manifested with an unusual combination of vocal cord paralysis and respiratory muscle weakness is reported. In addition, results of an exercise test carried out to assess the severity and mechanisms of exertional breathlessness in this unique condition with combined obstructive and restrictive disorders are described.