Recent insights into hyperventilation from the study of Rett syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 384-387

  Kerr, Alison M ^a   Julu, Peter O O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0032956073     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.4.384     Document Type: Review

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