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The Child with Apnoea or ALTE

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The presentation of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is variable, is dependent on age but can present in a fairly typical manner in most cases. In adults and adolescents, the cardinal symptoms are thought to be those of heartburn (retrosternal burning sensation) and regurgitation.

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  1. Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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  2. Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Paediatric Gastroenterology Centre, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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  3. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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  4. Department Surgery, University of Missouri, Kansas City Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

    George W. Holcomb III

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Rawat, M.T. (2017). The Child with Apnoea or ALTE. In: Till, H., Thomson, M., Foker, J., Holcomb III, G., Khan, K. (eds) Esophageal and Gastric Disorders in Infancy and Childhood. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11202-7_104

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