We report on a 2 1 โ2-year-old boy who is currently ventilated at home by positive pressure ventilation through a nasal mask during the night because of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). Up to age 2 he had developed normally. A reevalution was performed because of symptoms suggesti
Congenital myasthenic syndrome with sleep hypoventilation
โ Scribed by S.T. Iannaccone; J.K. Mills; K.M. Harris; J.H. Herman; P. Schochet; P. Luckett
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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