Narcolepsy and ROHHAD Syndrome

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-11-1

Narcolepsy and ROHHAD Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 11

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Nov 2013

Abstract

Investigators at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, and Sleep Medicine Centre, Heeze, Netherlands, report a 7-year-old girl with rapid-onset obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD syndrome).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-11-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 81 - 82

Published on: Nov 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Hypothalamic dysfunction,

Autonomic dysregulation,

Secondary Narcolepsy and Cataplexy

© 2013 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 27 (2013): Issue 11