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Sibling risk of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and adenotonsillar hypertrophy.
Sleep - 1 Aug 2009
Friberg Danielle, Sundquist Jan, Li Xinjun, Hemminki Kari, Sundquist Kristina
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To estimate sibling risk of hospitalization for children with sleep disordered breathing (SDB), diagnosed with (1) obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), or (2) adenotonsillar hypertrophy in the total Swedish population. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Using the MigMed database at the Karolinska Institute, we divided the population of Sweden aged 0-18 years into sibling groups based on a shared...
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