Choanal Atresia and Choanal Stenosis

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-352

  Ramsden, James D ^a   Campisi, Paolo ^b   Forte, Vito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway; Asphyxia neonatorum; Bilateral atresia; CHARGE; Choanal atresia; Mitomycin; Nasal stent; Neonatal airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; MITOMYCIN C; RETINOIC ACID; THIAMAZOLE; THIONAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ANTLEY BIXLER SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHOANA ATRESIA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COLOBOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CROUZON SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EAR DISEASE; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GENITAL HYPOPLASIA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMO HYPOPHYSEAL DYSFUNCTION; LASER SURGERY; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MARSHALL SMITH SYNDROME; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT; SYNDROME CHARGE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRANSNASAL PUNCTURE; TRANSPALATAL RESECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOANAL ATRESIA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASOPHARYNX; STENTS;

EID: 62849113931     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2009.01.001     Document Type: Review

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