congenital laryngeal stridor

congenital laryngeal stridor
stridor and dyspnea of the newborn due to an indrawing or infolding of a congenitally flabby epiglottis and aryepiglottic folds (laryngomalacia) during inhalation; the condition is usually outgrown in two years.

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