Exploring the relationship between plasma substance P and glottal incompetence in the elderly

We speculated that increased blood-plasma levels of Substance P may serve as an indicator of glottal incompetence, which is usually indicated by reduced maximum phonation time. We performed an initial study to test the plausibility of this hypothesis. Patients with dysphonia caused by glottal incomp...

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Main Authors: Koichi Tsunoda, Toyota Ishii, Hiroyuki Kuroda, Hiroaki Nakatani, Masaru Tateda, Sawako Masuda, Tetsuya Takiguchi, Fujinobu Tanaka, Hayato Misawa, Masamitsu Senarita, Mihiro Takazawa, Kenji Itoh, Thomas Baer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Heliyon
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024017821