Congenital or acquired paralysis of one or both VOCAL CORDS. This condition is caused by defects in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, the VAGUS NERVE and branches of LARYNGEAL NERVES. Common symptoms are VOICE DISORDERS including HOARSENESS or APHONIA.
    

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Concerning the positions of paralyzed vocal bands : (from the Physiological Laboratory, Harvard Medical School) / by Franklin H. Hooper.

Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve : a survey of 235 cases / by A.B. Smith, V.F. Lambert and H.L. Wallace.

Atrial septal defect : a report of two cases in which there was recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis / Herman Erlanger and Samuel A. Levine.

Paralysies et polypes des cordes vocales / par Georges Barisien.

Des paralysies du larynx / par Georges Poyet.

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Vocal Cord Paralysis

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Concerning the positions of paralyzed vocal bands : (from the Physiological Laboratory, Harvard Medical School) / by Franklin H. Hooper.

Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve : a survey of 235 cases / by A.B. Smith, V.F. Lambert and H.L. Wallace.

Atrial septal defect : a report of two cases in which there was recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis / Herman Erlanger and Samuel A. Levine.

Paralysies et polypes des cordes vocales / par Georges Barisien.

Des paralysies du larynx / par Georges Poyet.