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Sleep‐related breathing disorder in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Disease spectrum in the paediatric population
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a progressive neuromuscular disease with death usually occurring because of respiratory failure, with signs of early respiratory insufficiency usually first detectable in sleep.Citations
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Obstructive sleep disordered breathing in 2- to 18-year-old children: diagnosis and management.
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TL;DR: This document summarises the conclusions of a European Respiratory Society Task Force on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in childhood and refers to children aged 2–18 years.
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British Thoracic Society guideline for respiratory management of children with neuromuscular weakness
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Definition, discrimination, diagnosis and treatment of central breathing disturbances during sleep
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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