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Absence of mutations in HCRT, HCRTR1 and HCRTR2 in patients with ROHHAD.
Respiratory physiology & neurobiology - 15 Jan 2016
Barclay Sarah F, Rand Casey M, Gray Paul A, Gibson William T, Wilson Richard J A, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth M, Ize-Ludlow Diego, Bech-Hansen N Torben, Weese-Mayer Debra E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) is a rare pediatric disease of unknown cause. Here, in response to a recent case report describing a ROHHAD patient who suffered from secondary narcolepsy confirmed by an absence of hypocretin-1 in the cerebrospinal fluid, we consider whether the ROHHAD phenotype is owing to one or...
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