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Pathological processes that affect voice production, usually involving VOCAL CORDS and the LARYNGEAL MUCOSA. Voice disorders can be caused by organic (anatomical), or functional (emotional or psychological) factors leading to DYSPHONIA; APHONIA; and defects in VOICE QUALITY, loudness, and pitch.
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- Voice Disorder
- Neurologic Voice Disorder
- Voice Disorder, Neurologic
- Voice Disturbance
- Voice Fatigue
- Disturbance, Voice
- Disturbances, Voice
- Fatigue, Voice
- Fatigues, Voice
- Neurologic Voice Disorders
- Voice Disorders, Neurologic
- Voice Disturbances
- Voice Fatigues
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1979
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- Voice (1966-1978)
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- National Library of Medicine. Voice Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014832. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014832
- Voice Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_voice_disorders
- Voice Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4593337