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Adenotonsillotomy resolving snoring ameliorates blood pressure and vascular structure in children – a preliminary report

Małgorzata Stańczyk
1, 2
,
Piotr Raczyński
3
,
Jarosław Andrzejewski
4
,
Anna Mazurek-Kula
5
,
Katarzyna Ostrowska
5
,
Wiesław Konopka
6, 7
,
Marcin Tkaczyk
1, 7

1.
Department of Paediatrics, Immunology, and Nephrology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
2.
Department of Paediatrics, Preventive Cardiology, and Immunology of Developmental Age, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Department of Imaging Diagnostics, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
4.
Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Audiology, and Phoniatrics, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
6.
Department of Otolaryngology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
7.
Chair and Department of Paediatrics, Preventive Cardiology, and Immunology of Developmental Age, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Pediatr Pol 2020; 95 (2): 121–128
Online publish date: 2020/07/10
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