Foreign body aspiration in a boy with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Jacob, S S ^a   Jacob, Jubbin J ^a   Paul, T V ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Foreign body aspiration; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT GAIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 39049170626     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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