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Embryology of Congenital Airway Disorders

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This chapter will review, in a clinical context, the embryology of the most common congenital airway disorders in children. The chapter is divided into three sections: nasal, laryngeal, and tracheal disorders.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1X8

    Paolo Campisi M.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.S.(C)

  2. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1X8

    Gian-Marco Busato M.D., M.Sc.

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  1. Paolo Campisi M.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.S.(C)
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  2. Gian-Marco Busato M.D., M.Sc.
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Correspondence to Paolo Campisi M.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.S.(C) .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Attending Neonatologist, Director Neonatal Outreach, Medical Director, Neonatal Airway Program, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Neonatology, The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Janet Lioy

  2. Attending Surgeon, Fellowship Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology, The Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Steven E. Sobol

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Campisi, P., Busato, GM. (2015). Embryology of Congenital Airway Disorders. In: Lioy, J., Sobol, S. (eds) Disorders of the Neonatal Airway. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1610-8_1

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