Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by hypoventilation during sleep secondary to a blunted response to hypercapnia and hypoxia. The current case report describes developmentally normal four-year-old monozygotic twin boys who presented in infancy with...

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Main Authors: Reshma Amin, Andrea Riekstins, Suhail Al-Saleh, Colin Massicotte, Allan L Coates, Ian MacLusky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/989741