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PAULO MANGABEIRA-ALBERNAZ, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1947;46(6):735-752.

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THE CLASSIFICATION of the different involvements and diseases of the throat is a problem which has defied and tried the skill and the didactic ability of laryngologists. The difficulty is due to several factors: first, to the existing confusion of terminology, which, in turn, is due to the fact that the throat does not represent anatomically or physiologically one single organ but a space made up of somewhat independent elements in which the upper digestive and respiratory systems are related; second, to the restricted orientation of those who have undertaken the task of dividing the conditions encountered in this region into classes. The two factors just given are, from my point of view, the greatest obstacles which one has to overcome in trying to distribute methodically and didactically the various pathologic conditions of the throat.

CRITERIA

The criterion to be followed when separating the pathologic processes located in the throat . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Professor of Otolaryngology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, and Head Otolaryngologist, Hospital da Santa Casa CAMPINAS, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

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