Prolonged morbidity due to delays in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-108

  Richards, Warren ^a,b   Ferdman, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DROWSINESS; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENURESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; OTITIS MEDIA; SINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SORE THROAT; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033975080     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280003900205     Document Type: Article

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