Airway management in a patient with Hecht's syndrome

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1241-1243

  Lano Jr , Charles F ^a   Werkhaven, Jay ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HECHT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRISMUS;

EID: 1842404798     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199712000-00016     Document Type: Article

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