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Brainstem anomalies in two patients affected by congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 15 Sept 2006
Bachetti Tiziana, Robbiano Angela, Parodi Sara, Matera Ivana, Merello Elisa, Capra Valeria, Baglietto Maria Pia, Rossi Andrea, Ceccherini Isabella, Ottonello Giancarlo
Abstract excerpt
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare neurocristopathy characterized by absence of automatic control of respiration; decreased sensibility to hypoxia and hypercapnia, mainly during sleep; and autosomal dominant inheritance due to heterozygous polyalanine expansions and frameshift mutations in the PHOX2B gene. Because the CCHS phenotype could hide other neurologic diseases, the American...
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