title: Hirschsprung's disease associated with Ondine's curse: a special subgroup?
abstract: The authors report a case of the rare occurrence of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's curse) and long segmental colonic aganglionosis (Hirschsprung's disease). A review of 24 reported cases showed that the proportion of females having this concurrence is higher than for ordinary Hirschsprung's disease. It also appears that the aganglionic segment is much longer in these cases than in ordinary Hirschsprung's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokomori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology