Possible pharmacological target(s) identified in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

Children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may one day be able to have an injection or use a throat spray instead of getting their tonsils removed to cure their snoring, according to a new study which found that a specific gene product may be responsible for the proliferation of adenotonsillar tissue that can cause pediatric OSA.

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