Primary Presentations of Laryngomalacia
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Primary Presentations of Laryngomalacia.
IMPORTANCE Laryngomalacia (LM) classically presents with stridor in early infancy but can present atypically with snoring and/or sleep-disordered breathing (S-SDB) or swallowing dysfunction (SwD). The epidemiology of these atypical presentations has not been established in the literature. OBJECTIVE To document the primary modes of presentation for LM in a consecutive series of children and to...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2168-6181
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.626