Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD): A case with additional features and review of the literature

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chew, H B ^a   Ngu, L H ^b   Keng, W T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; UBIDECARENONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUID BALANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ONSET OBESITY WITH HYPOTHALAMIC DYSFUNCTION HYPOVENTILATION AND AUTONOMIC DYSREGULATION; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM DEFICIENCY; SOMNOLENCE; STRABISMUS; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE;

EID: 84995519007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2010.2706     Document Type: Article

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