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| Oyarzún,Patricia; Sepúlveda,Alfredo; Valdivia,María; Roa,Ignacio; Cantín,Mario; Trujillo,Gonzalo; Zavando,Daniela; Suazo Galdames,Iván. |
| During menopause, changes occur in the laryngeal structures that have implications for the voice. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of induced menopause on the morphological parameters of the vocal fold mucosa in rats. Ten adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were used as samples and divided into two groups: 5 were surgically oophorectomized (OVX), and 5 underwent a surgical procedure similar to oophorectomy but without removal of the ovaries (SHAM). After 30 days surgery, the characteristics of the epithelium that forms the vocal fold mucosa in terms of cellular arrangement and organization of the epithelium were observed. Through the Morphometrics XS software, the epithelial height and the number and density of cellular layers were... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Fold vocal; Voice; Menopause; Oophorectomy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000200011 |
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