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Pulmonological issues

  • Geovanny Perez
  • , Lisa Young
  • , Richard Kravitz
  • , Daniel Sheehan
  • , Laura Adang
  • , Keith Van Haren
  • , Jody L. Lin
  • , Nicole Nikki Jaffe
  • , Dennis Kuo
  • , Laura Ball
  • , Jennifer Keller
  • , Jeffrey Sank
  • , Donna DiVito
  • , Samira Naime
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Duke University
  • Stanford University
  • University of Utah
  • University of Rochester
  • Children's National Medical Center
  • Kennedy Krieger Institute
  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

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Abstract

Pediatric leukodystrophies are rare neurodegenerative diseases involving multiple systems. Each form has unique neurologic features but are characterized by encephalopathy with accompanying impairments evidenced in reflexes, muscle tone and movement control. Weakness of expiratory, inspiratory, and upper airway muscles may lead to impaired airway secretion clearance resulting in recurrent respiratory infections, dysphagia, sleep-disordered breathing, restrictive lung disease, and ultimately chronic respiratory insufficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101313
JournalCurrent Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
Volume52
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2022

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