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Concomitant existence of total bowel aganglionosis and congenital central hypoventilation syndrome in a neonate with PHOX2B gene mutation.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Feb 2007
Ou-Yang Mei-Chen, Yang San-Nan, Hsu Yung-Ming, Ou-Yang Mei-Hui, Haung Hsin-Chun, Lee Shin-Yi, Hsieh Wu-Shiun, Su Yi-Ning, Liu Chieh-An
Abstract excerpt
Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is characterized by the absence of intramural ganglion cells in the distal gut, resulting in bowel obstruction shortly after birth. Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) results in hypoventilation, most pronounced during sleep, with relative insensitivity to hypercarbia and reduced insensitivity to hypoxia. Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome with HSCR is a rare...
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