We are grateful to Dr. Verloes for drawing attention to his work on osteocraniostenosis and for his comprehensive comparison of this entity with Hallermann-Streiff syndrome (HSF). We believe that there are a number of distinguishing findings between our cases and the syndrome of osteocraniostenosis
Tracheomalacia in Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome
β Scribed by Salbert, Bonnie Anne ;Stevens, Cathy A. ;Spence, J. Edward
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 331 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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