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Polyalanine expansion and frameshift mutations of the paired-like homeobox gene PHOX2B in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
Nature genetics - 1 Apr 2003
Amiel Jeanne, Laudier Béatrice, Attié-Bitach Tania, Trang Ha, de Pontual Loïc, Gener Blanca, Trochet Delphine, Etchevers Heather, Ray Pierre, Simonneau Michel, Vekemans Michel, Munnich Arnold, Gaultier Claude, Lyonnet Stanislas
Abstract excerpt
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS or Ondine's curse; OMIM 209880) is a life-threatening disorder involving an impaired ventilatory response to hypercarbia and hypoxemia. This core phenotype is associated with lower-penetrance anomalies of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) including Hirschsprung disease and tumors of neural-crest derivatives such as ganglioneuromas and neuroblastomas. In mice, the...
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