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Expert System-Type Approach to Voice Disorders: Scheduling Botulinum Toxin Treatment for Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
Anthony P. Salvatore*, Amitava Biswas*, Vladik Kreinovich*,
Bertha Manriquez*, Michael P. Cannito**, and Robert J. Sinard***
*University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
**Speech and Hearing Center, School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
***Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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