Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in children: Why should we treat?

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. A, 2004, Pages

  Gozal, David ^a   O'Brien, Louise M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptor function; Behaviour; Blood pressure; Hyperactivity; Learning; Neurocognitive; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY GROWTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEARNING DISORDER; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; MORBIDITY; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TONSIL DISEASE; ADENOID; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; REVIEW;

EID: 1342291196     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(04)90066-8     Document Type: Review

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