Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders of Childhood: Description and Clinical Picture, Diagnosis, and Treatment Approaches

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-462

  Hoban, Timothy F ^a   Chervin, Ronald D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYMPTOM; UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME;

EID: 64749089391     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2007.05.006     Document Type: Review

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