Treating hypoxia in a feeble breather with Rett syndrome

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-273

  Julu, Peter O O ^a,b   Witt Engerström, Ingegerd ^b   Hansen, Stig ^c   Apartopoulos, Flora ^c   Engerström, Bengt ^b  

^a Breakspear Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

^b ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory phenotype; Dysautonomia; EEG; Hypoxia; Rett syndrome; RTT

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; BRUXISM; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OXYGEN TENSION; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RETT SYNDROME; SCOLIOSIS; SEIZURE; SWEDEN; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TENSION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ANOXIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; REST; RETT SYNDROME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84873747016     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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