Alveolar hypoventilation syndrome in brainstem glioma with improvement after surgical resection

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 266-268

  Hui, S H L ^a   Wing, Y K ^a   Poon, W ^a   Chan, Y L ^a   Buckley, T A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brainstem tumor; Central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome; Childhood; Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0033914671     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.1.266     Document Type: Article

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