Respiratory function in the prune-belly syndrome.

Crompton, C H; MacLusky, I B; Geary, D F · Arch Dis Child · 1993

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Respiratory function was evaluated in 11 patients with prune-belly syndrome. Nine had evidence of gas trapping and six of restrictive lung disease. These abnormalities of lung function appear to be secondary to the musculoskeletal disorder associated with prune-belly syndrome rather than parenchymal lung disease.

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