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Suhail Al-Saleh1, Norah Alshehri1, Sara Alsiddiqi1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

概括

贝宁状细胞病 (SCD) 的表型显示,与阿拉伯-印度表型相比,阻断性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的风险和严重程度明显更高. 这表明除了SCD之外的其他因素也会导致这些患者的OSA.

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