Central hypoventilation with PHOX2B expansion mutation presenting in adulthood

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 919-920

  Barratt, S ^a   Kendrick, A H ^a   Buchanan, F ^a   Whittle, A T ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; OXYGENATION; PHOX2B GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; MALE; MUTATION; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 35348964070     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.068908     Document Type: Article

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