Pulmonology · Pulmonology / Airway disease
Vocal cord dysfunction syndrome
also: Paradoxical vocal fold motion
Inappropriate adduction of the vocal cords on inspiration.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Airway disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, female predominance; Children: yes, adolescent athletes
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Paradoxical vocal fold motion
Etiology & mechanism
Laryngeal hyperresponsiveness to irritants or stress.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (5)
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
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2 shared
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cough, dyspnea
2 shared
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cough, dyspnea
2 shared
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cough, dyspnea
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1 shared
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dyspnea
1 shared
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dyspnea
1 shared
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dyspnea
Shares genes with
None.
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