A sudden death due to central hypoventilation in a 3-year-old boy with idiopathic hypothalamic dysfunction

Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-11

  Kobayashi, Hironori ^a   Miyamoto, Junko ^a   Hasegawa, Yukihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipsia; Central hypoventilation; Hypothalamic dysfunction; Obesity; Ventilatory support

Indexed keywords

ADIPSIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; HYPOVENTILATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 22744440504     PISSN: 09185739     EISSN: 13477358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.12.7     Document Type: Article

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