Voice Assessments in Patients with Spasmodic Dysphonia.
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Voice Related Quality of Life in Spasmodic Dysphonia : Treatment Effects and Correlation with Voice Assessment
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japan Journal of Logopedics and Phoniatrics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0030-2813,1884-3646
DOI: 10.5112/jjlp.42.332