Hurler's syndrome with cor pulmonale secondary to obstructive sleep apnoea treated by continuous positive airway pressure

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 558-559

  Chan, D ^a   Li, A M ^a   Yam, M C ^a   Li, C K ^a   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure therapy; Mucopolysaccharidosis; Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COR PULMONALE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HURLER SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS RHYTHM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS I; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0142025203     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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