Primary alveolar hypoventilation and XXXXY chromosopathy
The association of primary alveolar hypoventilation (PAH) and chromosomic diseases has not been described previously. A 19 year-old man with Fraccaro’s syndrome (XXXXY karyotype) was admitted to evaluate chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension and cor pulmonale. PAH...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease |
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| Online Access: | https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/564 |