Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 703-704 , August 2008

Central apneas in a case of Crisponi syndrome

  • Giacomo Della Marca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 30154276; fax: +39 06 35501909.
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  • Giuseppe Barone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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  • Catello Vollono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
    • Fondazione Pro Juventute Don C. Gnocchi, Rome, Italy
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  • Serena Dittoni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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  • Isabella Vasta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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  • Giuseppina Timpani

      Affiliations

    • Reparto di Neonatologia, Ospedale di Reggio Calabria, Italy
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  • Giangiorgio Crisponi

      Affiliations

    • Servizio di Puericultura, Centro per lo studio delle malformazioni congenite, Università di Cagliari, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Zampino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Received 9 July 2007 ,Revised 17 July 2007 ,Accepted 21 August 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00305-X

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.08.003

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 703-704 , August 2008

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