Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee). Evidence for a laryngeal chemoreflex in some human preterm infants. Acta Paediatr Scand 71: 969,1982.Etudies in pnimnls have documented the presence of a laryngeal chemoreflex. This reflex d t s in apnea when water is placed in the laryngeal area. This study of ten premature infants presents data that would support the existence of a similar reflex response in some premature infants. AU ten infants studied had apnea of unknown etiology.

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