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Validation of a voice outcome survey for unilateral vocal cord paralysis

R E Gliklich1, R M Glovsky, W W Montgomery

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston 02114, USA.

Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
|February 9, 1999
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