title: [Clinical late manifestation of Ondine's syndrome with pronounced primary, especially sleep related alveolar hypoventilation].
abstract: We report on a very rare case of a primary, alveolar hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's Curse syndrome) in a female patient who was first treated at the age of 26 years as a result of an influenza infection; however, the case history revealed a decreased performance in comparison to similar aged children from earliest childhood onwards as well as an intermittent zyanosis of the lips and distal extremities. Other diseases which could explain a global respiratory insufficiency and/or pulmonary arterial hypertension were excluded.
authors.affiliation: III. Med. Klinik und Poliklinik--Schwerpunkt Pneumologie, Universitätsklinik Mainz.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlegel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kienast
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferlinz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology*; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000503:physiopathology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome