Sleep Apnoea in Postaxial Acrofacial Dysostosis (Miller) Syndrome
D Gothi, Aniket Gangurde, J M Joshi
Keywords :
Acrofacial dysostosis, Sleep disordered breathing, Temporomandibular joint ankylosis.ecessary intervention should be done at the earliest to remove the causative factor.
Citation Information :
Gothi D, Gangurde A, Joshi JM. Sleep Apnoea in Postaxial Acrofacial Dysostosis (Miller) Syndrome. Indian Sleep Med 2006; 1 (4):211-213.
We report a 13-year-old girl with postaxial acrofacial dysostosis (POADS) also called Miller Syndrome with sleep disordered breathing due to bilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis and micrognathia/retrognathia, which was effectively treated with surgical correction.
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