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Query: UMLS:C0037315 (
sleep apnea
)
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Primary alveolar hypoventilation
is a rare syndrome of unknown origin, characterized by a dysfunction of the automatic respiratory pattern in spite of normal lungs and in the absence of mechanical ventilatory defects. A reduction of the ventilatory response to CO2 is regularly found, and cardiac failure is common. The differential diagnosis mainly concerns the
sleep apnoea
syndrome. The usual treatments have little effectiveness.
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PMID:[Primary alveolar hypoventilation. Clinical aspects and diagnostic problems. Apropos of a case]. 367 71
