特発性反回神経麻痺とインフルエンザ流行

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The relation between prevalence of influenza and the number and age was investigated in patients with idiopathic laryngeal recurrent nerve palsy who visited our ENT clinic during 20 years from 1960 to 1979. The results are as follows:
1) The number of patients with idiopathic laryngeal recurrent nerve palsy increases when the influenza A virus with a new antigen type or the influenza B virus with a remarkable different antigen type appeared.
2) The rate of patients with idiopathic laryngeal recurrent nerve palsy to the general population increases in proportion to the age. This increase is more remarkable in the nonprevailing periods than in the prevailing periods of influenza viruses.