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Severe Positional Central Sleep Apnea in an Asymptomatic Adult With a PHOX2B Frameshift Mutation.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine - 15 Aug 2018
Janssen Hennie C J P, Vulto-van Silfhout Anneke T, Jongmans Marjolijn C J, van der Hout Annemieke H, Overeem Sebastiaan
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ABSTRACT: We report an unusual case of an adult patient carrying a germline PHOX2B frameshift mutation and hence was diagnosed with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. He came to medical attention after the mutation was identified in his daughter who presented with hypoventilation and a neuroblastoma. Although PHOX2B mutations are usually associated with a phenotype of congenital hypoventilation, severe...
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