Treatment of OSA in obese children: a "big" issue

S. Verhulst (Wilrijk, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Treatment of paediatric sleep-disordered breathing in special populations
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Sleep and breathing disorders

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