Respiratory failure in a patient with VACTERL association and concomitant spinal muscular atrophy

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medical Imaging, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Respirology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Sarah Grace Buttle et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;58(11):3314-3319.

doi: 10.1002/ppul.26657. Epub 2023 Sep 26.

¹ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medical Imaging, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Respirology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: VACTERL association; bronchial stenosis; spinal muscular atrophy; tracheoesophageal fistula.

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