Inflammation involving the GLOTTIS or VOCAL CORDS and the subglottic larynx. Croup is characterized by a barking cough, HOARSENESS, and persistent inspiratory STRIDOR (a high-pitched breathing sound). It occurs chiefly in infants and children.
    

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Diphtheritis or the membranous disease, commonly called membranous croup, as it appears in Roxbury and the vicinity of Boston / by B. E. Cotting ; reprinted from the Proceedings of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement.

On croup : its nature and treatment. [Pt. 1-3] / by John Moir.

Crisp, Edwards (c. 1806-1882), MD

Observations on croup. Special diagnosis / by Charles Wilson.

Observations on croup. Symptomatography / by Charles Wilson.

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Diphtheritis or the membranous disease, commonly called membranous croup, as it appears in Roxbury and the vicinity of Boston / by B. E. Cotting ; reprinted from the Proceedings of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement.

On croup : its nature and treatment. [Pt. 1-3] / by John Moir.

Crisp, Edwards (c. 1806-1882), MD

Observations on croup. Special diagnosis / by Charles Wilson.

Observations on croup. Symptomatography / by Charles Wilson.