Unilateral vocal cord paralysis following a short period of endotracheal intubation anesthesia
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Corresponding author: Dong Ai An, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 108, Pyeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-746, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2001-2319, Fax: 82-2-2001-2326, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://
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