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Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome

Author(s) -

Reshma Amin,

Andrea Riekstins,

Suhail AlSaleh,

Colin Massicotte,

Allan L. Coates,

Ian MacLusky

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2011/989741

Subject(s) - congenital central hypoventilation syndrome , medicine , hypoventilation , hypercapnia , pediatrics , presentation (obstetrics) , hypoxia (environmental) , anesthesia , surgery , respiratory system , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry , acidosis

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 variable presentations and clinical severity of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Both were managed with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation.

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