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. 1998 Jun;91(6):321–322. doi: 10.1177/014107689809100612

Pulmonary hypertension resulting from upper airways obstruction in Down's syndrome.

T I Ayeni 1, H P Roper 1
PMCID: PMC1296779  PMID: 9771520

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