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Breathing without brakes: An unexpected cause of Rett syndrome symptoms

Hyperventilating. Breath-holding until they turn blue. This abnormal breathing is frequent and disturbing in people with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disease. Now University of Connecticut researchers report in Current Biology why those episodes happen and show how medications for an entirely different disease might help.

Breathing without brakes: An unexpected cause of Rett syndrome symptoms

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