Failure to control the airway in a patient with Hunter's syndrome

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 380-382

  Gaitini, Luis ^a   Fradis, Milo ^a,b   Vaida, Sonia ^a   Collins, Geoffrey ^a   Croitoru, Millian ^a   Somri, Mustafa ^a   Borochovitz, Zvi ^a   Golz, Avishai ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Mucopolysaccharidosis II

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUNTER SYNDROME; MALE; MUCOID OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031801567     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100140526     Document Type: Article

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