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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome and carbon dioxide sensitivity.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2014
Rossor Thomas, Soe Aung, Bhat Ravindra, Greenough Anne
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UNLABELLED: Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is characterised by hypoventilation most marked during sleep and is often associated with abnormalities of the autonomic nervous system. We report an infant with severe CCHS and Hirschsprung disease in whom, while awaiting genotyping, the diagnosis was facilitated by the results of a carbon dioxide (CO2) sensitivity study in the neonatal period and...
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