Upper airway obstruction-related sleep apnea in a child with thalassemia intermedia

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 525-526

  Kapelushnik, Josef ^a   Shalev, Hannah ^a   Schulman, Hannah ^a   Moser, Asher ^a   Tamary, Hannah ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Schneider Children Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Sleep apnea; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALASSEMIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; THALASSEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035195455     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200111000-00011     Document Type: Article

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