Severity of obstructive apnoea in children with Down syndrome who snore

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-425

  Fitzgerald, Dominic A ^a,b   Paul, Annette ^a   Richmond, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 34247898807     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.111591     Document Type: Article

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