Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 4 , Pages 458-461 , October 2002

Pneumoobstruction of the tracheobronchial tree as a hypothetical cause of balbuties

  • Josef Pešák

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Josef Pešák PhD, Department of Medical Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Hněvotı́nská 3, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Phone: +420-68-5632104; Fax: +420-68-5632167

Received 30 August 2001 ,Accepted 19 December 2001.

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Medical Hypotheses
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