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: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/989741
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-b48c4c65538e4207a50d92bcd034f1662025-08-20T03:39:22ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412011-01-01182878910.1155/2011/989741Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation SyndromeReshma Amin0Andrea Riekstins1Suhail Al-Saleh2Colin Massicotte3Allan L Coates4Ian MacLusky5Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, CanadaDivision of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCongenital 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/989741
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Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
title_full Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
title_fullStr Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
title_short Presentation and Treatment of Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
title_sort presentation and treatment of monozygotic twins with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
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