An overview of respiratory problems in children with down's syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 812-817

  Watts, Rachel ^a   Vyas, H ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LARYNGOMALACIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STENOSIS; TRACHEOMALACIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WHEEZING;

CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84884541000     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304611     Document Type: Review

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