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A nonverbal learning disability in a case of central hypoventilation syndrome without a PHOX2B gene mutation.
Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence - 1 Jan 2010
Trobliger Robert, Zaroff Charles M, Grayson Richard H, Higgins Joseph J
Abstract excerpt
This study examines the neuropsychological profile of a boy with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) without a paired-like homeobox gene (PHOX2B) mutation. CCHS is a rare disorder of autonomic nervous system development characterized by an impaired ventilatory response to hypercarbia and hypoxemia. Mild intellectual deficits are common but a specific cognitive profile is not established in CCHS. We...
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