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Primary alveolar hypoventilation in a thin young woman.
To the Editor: Alveolar hypoventilation in association with obesity was described first by Burwell' in 1956. In later years, many cases of this syndrome have been reported. A similar syndrome in nonobese subjects was recognized in 1965.2 By 1970, 30 cases, most of whom were men, had been reported." We wish to report a case of idiopathic hypoventilation in a young, thin woman. We shall point out...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/45.6.622