Abbreviations
- PCR:
-
Polymerase Chain Reaction
- CCHS:
-
Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
- CO2 :
-
Carbon Dioxide
- DNA:
-
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- MRI:
-
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- O2 :
-
Oxygen
- PAP:
-
Pulmonary Artery Pressure
- PEEP:
-
Positive End Expiratory Pressure
- VPAP:
-
Variable Positive Airway Pressure
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This work was supported by grants from Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa (AFIP), FAPESP (CEPID no. 98/14303-3 to ST), and CPNq.
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Bittencourt, L.R.A., Pedrazzoli, M., Yagihara, F. et al. Late-onset, insidious course and invasive treatment of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome in a case with the Phox2B mutation: case report. Sleep Breath 16, 951–955 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-011-0614-x
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