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Later Onset Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome.
The Medical clinics of North America - 1 Jan 2024
Amos Louella
Abstract excerpt
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare disorder of the autonomic nervous system involving multiple organ systems, with the hallmark symptom of respiratory failure due to aberrant central control of breathing resulting in hypoxemia and hypercapnia. Later onset CCHS (LOCCHS) is defined as the diagnosis of CCHS in children older than 1 month. Molecular genetic testing for PHOX2B variants has...
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