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[Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: paradigm shifts and future prospects].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Feb 2014
Hayasaka Kiyoshi, Sasaki Ayako
Abstract excerpt
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is characterized by a failure of the automatic control of breathing during sleep, and is caused by the dominant PHOX2B mutation. PHOX2B encodes a highly conserved homeobox transcription factor with two short polyalanine tracts. More than 90% of patients carry polyalanine expansion mutations (PARM) in the polyalanine tract of 20 residues and less than 10% of the...
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