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J. E. Gordon, M. S. Hughes, K. Shepherd, D. A. Szymanski, P. L. Schoenecker, L. Parker, E. C. Uong

From St Louis Shriners Hospital for Children and St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, USA

* J. E. Gordon, MD, Associate Professor

* M. S. Hughes, BS

* K. Shepherd, MD, Associate Professor

* D. A. Szymanski, RN, Nurse

* P. L Schoenecker, MD, Professor, Chief Paediatric Orthopaedics

Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis Shriners Hospitalfor Children,2001 S. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63131, USA.

* L. Parker, RPSGT

* E. C. Uong, MD, Director of Sleep Diagnostics Lab

St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.