Reevaluating Norms for Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey.

Comment

Deborah M Brooks et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019.

. 2019 Nov 15;15(11):1557-1558.

doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8066.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey.

Abstract

Brooks DM, Brooks LJ. Reevaluating norms for childhood obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(11):1557–1558.

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