American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 448-452 , November 2010

Age-related changes in the hyoepiglottic ligament: functional implications based on histopathologic study

  • Motohiro Sawatsubashi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. Tel.: +81 92 642 5668; fax: +81 92 5685.
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  • Toshiro Umezaki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Kenichiro Kusano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan
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  • Osamu Tokunaga, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan
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  • Masamichi Oda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • ENT Surgery Center, Yuai-Kai Oda Hospital Kashima, Saga, Japan
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  • Shizuo Komune, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Received 21 April 2009

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☆ This work was presented in part at the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 17–20, 2006.

PII: S0196-0709(09)00163-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.08.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 448-452 , November 2010

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