aetiology
Last reviewed 01/2018
Causes include:
- tonsillar hypertrophy
- small larynx; laryngomalacia
- stenosis at some level, for example by cysts, webs etc
- cord paralysis
- tumour
- Pierre-Robin sequence
- vascular rings
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