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Central hypoventilation with PHOX2B expansion mutation presenting in adulthood.
Thorax - 1 Oct 2007
Barratt S, Kendrick A H, Buchanan F, Whittle A T
Abstract excerpt
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome most commonly presents in neonates with sleep related hypoventilation; late onset cases have occurred up to the age of 10 years. It is associated with mutations in the PHOX2B gene, encoding a transcription factor involved in autonomic nervous system development. The case history is described of an adult who presented with chronic respiratory failure due to PHOX2B...
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