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Paola Serio1, Enrico Chiappa2, Valentina Fainardi3

  • 1Respiratory Endoscopy Unit, Department of Paediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Meyer Children Hospital, Florence, Italy.

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
|September 24, 2014
PubMed

Keywords:
Airway stentAlcapa syndromeAtelectasisCardiac arrestRespiratory distressStent

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