Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of sleep apnea-hypoapnea syndrome in children;Guía de diagnóstico y tratamiento del síndrome de apneas-hipopneas del sueño en el niño

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 364-376

  Villa Asensi, J R ^a,h   Martinez Carrasco C ^b,h   Perez Perez G ^c,h   Cortell Aznar, I ^d,h   Gomez Pastrana D ^e,h   Alvarez Gil D ^f,h   Gonzalez Perez Yarza E ^g,h  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA FE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE JEREZ   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL INFANTA MARGARITA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^h Grupo de Trabajo de Tecnicas de la Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia Pediatrica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33845267464     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13092492     Document Type: Article

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