Apnea of infancy, seizures, and gastroesophageal reflux: An important but infrequent association

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-100

  Tirosh, Emanuel ^a   Jaffe, Michael ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029969252     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100207     Document Type: Article

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