Ondine’s curse: the origin of the myth

ABSTRACT Central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome has been known for decades as Ondine’s curse. It was named as such after a German myth. Although most of the stories resemble one another, word of mouth has led to misinterpretation of this tale among the medical community. The present paper reviews...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Orrego-González, Germán José Medina-Rincón, Sofía Martínez-Gil, Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2020-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2020000400238&tlng=en
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