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In pursuit (and discovery) of a genetic basis for congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
Respiratory physiology & neurobiology - 15 Nov 2005
Weese-Mayer Debra E, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth M, Marazita Mary L
Abstract excerpt
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) typically presents in the newborn period with a phenotype including alveolar hypoventilation, symptoms of autonomic nervous system dysregulation, and in a subset of cases Hirschsprung disease and later tumors of neural crest origin. Study of genes related to the autonomic dysregulation and the embryologic origin of the neural crest has led to identification of...
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