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Abductor vocal fold palsy in the Shy-Drager syndrome presenting with snoring and sleep apnoea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

L. K. Brown
Affiliation:
Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013, U.S.A.
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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