Consequences of sleep-disordered breathing in childhood

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 456-463

  Greene, Mary G ^a   Carroll, John L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENURESIS; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENURESIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

EID: 0031267379     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199711000-00013     Document Type: Article

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