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Didier L. Peron, MD
Morristown, NJ

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996;122(8):899.

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In the December 1995 issue of the ARCHIVES Kelly and Gray¹ presented patients with acquired as well as congenital laryngomalacia.

The first case of acquired laryngomalacia was described by Templer et al.² In a 1988 article³ we reported on the first series of patients with acquired laryngomalacia. Although similar in many aspects, the acquired and congenital malacias result from a different set of circumstances. For this reason one might expect different outcomes. I believe that henceforth, when reporting on laryngomalacia, one must clearly differentiate between the acquired and congenital types to avoid any confusion in the interpretation of results.

ARCHIVES Circulation

THE ARCHIVES is available by request to nonfederal physicians in the United States (50 states and Washington, DC) whose official American Medical Association masterfile record shows a primary specialty of otolaryngology in an office- or hospital-based practice as a staff physician, resident in training beyond the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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