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Bronchial obstruction secondary to idiopathic scoliosis in a child: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Patients with severe idiopathic scoliosis are reported to have significant pulmonary complications, including recurrent chest infections, alveolar hypoventilation and respiratory failure. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with moderate-to-severe scoliosis resulti...

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Autores principales: Alotaibi, Saad, Harder, James, Spier, Sheldon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2412890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-171