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Unusual Respiratory Manifestations in Two Young Adults with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Julie Lemay,1 Frédéric Sériès,1 Mario Sénéchal,1 Bruno Maranda,2 and François Maltais
11Centre de recherche, Institut Universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Canada
2Service de génétique médicale, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Abstract
Adult respirologists are often involved in the evaluation and treatment of young adult patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In this context, the most frequent respiratory complication is nocturnal and daytime hypoventilation related to respiratory muscle weakness. The present article describes cases of Duchenne muscular dystrophy involving two brothers, 17 and 19 years of age, respectively, who presented with less frequently reported respiratory complications of their disease: obstructive sleep apnea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration with central apnea, which were believed to be partially or completely related to congestive cardiomyopathy.
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Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
