Neonatal bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis caused by brain stem haemorrhage.
We describe a neonate with severe bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis caused by haemorrhage in the lower brain stem. To our knowledge this association has not been previously reported in the English medical literature.
Blazer
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Department of Pediatrics, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Hemli
J A
JA
Sujov
P O
PO
Braun
J
J
D001933:Brain Stem; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010246:Paralysis, Obstetric / Q000209:etiology*; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*