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Correlation between the clinical severity of laryngomalacia and endoscopic findings

Ranya A. Alshumrani, Bruce H. Matt, Ameet S. Daftary, Stacey L. Peterson-Carmichael, James E. Slaven and A. Ioana Cristea
Saudi Medical Journal April 2020, 41 (4) 406-412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.4.25014
Ranya A. Alshumrani
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alshumrani, Daftary, Carmichael, Cristea), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Matt), and from the Department of Biostatistics (Slaven), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America
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Bruce H. Matt
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alshumrani, Daftary, Carmichael, Cristea), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Matt), and from the Department of Biostatistics (Slaven), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America
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Ameet S. Daftary
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alshumrani, Daftary, Carmichael, Cristea), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Matt), and from the Department of Biostatistics (Slaven), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America
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Stacey L. Peterson-Carmichael
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alshumrani, Daftary, Carmichael, Cristea), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Matt), and from the Department of Biostatistics (Slaven), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America
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James E. Slaven
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alshumrani, Daftary, Carmichael, Cristea), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Matt), and from the Department of Biostatistics (Slaven), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America
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A. Ioana Cristea
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alshumrani, Daftary, Carmichael, Cristea), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi; from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Matt), and from the Department of Biostatistics (Slaven), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America
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Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2020, 41 (4) 406-412; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.4.25014

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Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2020, 41 (4) 406-412; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.4.25014
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