American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 364-367 , September 2010

Airway implications of congenital sternal agenesis

Received 3 February 2009

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☆ This article was presented as an oral presentation at the annual Society of Ear, Nose, Throat Advancement in Children (SENTAC) meeting in Milwaukee, WI, December 2007.

PII: S0196-0709(09)00084-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.04.010

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 364-367 , September 2010

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