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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: PHOX2B genotype determines risk for sudden death.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 Jan 2008
Gronli Jerome O, Santucci Barbara A, Leurgans Sue E, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth M, Weese-Mayer Debra E
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OBJECTIVE: Children with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) have cardiovascular symptoms consistent with the autonomic nervous system dysregulation/dysfunction (ANSD) phenotype. We hypothesized that children with CCHS would have a relationship between PHOX2B genotype and two clinically applicable cardiovascular measures of ANSD: duration of longest r-r interval and longest corrected QT interval...
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