presentation and treatment of monozygotic twins with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
;Reshma Amin;Andrea Riekstins;Suhail Al-Saleh;Colin Massicotte;Allan L Coates;Ian MacLusky
religions2011Vol. 18pp. 87-89
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amin2011canadianpresentation
Abstract
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by hypoventilation during sleep secondary to a blunted response to hypercapnia and hypoxia. The current case report describes developmentally normal four-year-old monozygotic twin boys who presented in infancy with variable presentations and clinical severity of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Both were managed with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation.