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Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation: review and update.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Aug 2014
Patwari Pallavi P, Wolfe Lisa F
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The focus of this review is to compare and contrast two orphan disorders of late-onset hypoventilation. Specifically, rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) and congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) are distinct in presentation, pathophysiology, and etiology. RECENT FINDINGS: While limited new information is...
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