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Altered Mental Status and Respiratory Failure in an 11-Year-Old Female

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare disorder that results in profound hypoventilation that is most prominent during periods of sleep. Caused by a genetic mutation in the PHOX2B gene, CCHS typically presents in the newborn period with symptoms of hypoventilation. However, the...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, Emily R, Livingston, Floyd, Kahana, Madelyn, Smith, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8215722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34168928
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15164