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Respiratory disorders with stridor are a frequent cause of admission for children in an emergency department. Laryngospasm, as an isolated symptom of epilepsy, is a rare phenomenon [1, 3, 5]. Other respiratory symptoms of epilepsy, rarely seen in childhood, might be apnoeic spells [2, 4]. We report on a child with laryngospasm due to focal epileptic seizures.
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Wyder-Westh, C., Lienert, C., Pihan, H. et al. An unusual cause of stridor in childhood due to focal epileptic seizures. Eur J Pediatr 164, 648–649 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-005-1716-x
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