Sleep Disordered Breathing May Signal Laryngomalacia
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RESEARCH ARTICLE Sleep Disordered Breathing May Signal Laryngomalacia Christine M. Clark, Dale S. DiSalvo, Jansie Prozesky and Michele M. Carr The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, The Pennsylvania University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Department of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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