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Neurocognition in Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome: influence of genotype and ventilation method.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 17 Nov 2020
Trang Ha, Bourgeois Pauline, Cheliout-Heraut Fawzia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) is characterized by central hypoventilation due to abnormal autonomic control of breathing and global dysautonomia. Patients harbour heterozygous PHOX-2B gene mutations which are polyalanine repeats of various lengths in most of the cases. A few previous studies have reported learning difficulties and neuropsychological disorders in patients with...
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