Tuberculosis: A rarest cause of pulmonary vocal syndrome

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Submitted: June 13, 2022
Published: Jul 4, 2022
DOI: 10.29328/journal.jprr.1001035
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Vocal cord paralysis, Dysphonia, Recurrent laryngeal nerve, Mediastinal lymphadenopathy

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Richmond R Gomes
Associate Professor, Medicine, Ad-din Women’s Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Gomes, R. R. (2022). Tuberculosis: A rarest cause of pulmonary vocal syndrome. Journal of Pulmonology and Respiratory Research, 6(2), 004–006. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jprr.1001035
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