Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction

• Main Authors: Marco Zaffanello (Author), Emma Gasperi (Author), Paolo Biban (Author), Luigi Lubrano (Author), Elena Fiorini (Author), Giorgio Piacentini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obstructive sleep apneas are characterized by episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction during sleep. Symptoms and signs are associated with sleep-related breathing disorders. Sometimes it can be clinically difficult to distinguish abnormal events related to sleep disorders from seizu...