Nasal continuous positive airway pressure devices: separating science from religion

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Doron J Kahn et al. J Pediatr. 2009 Dec.

. 2009 Dec;155(6):945-6; author reply 946-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.041.

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