“…The percentage distribution of the various diseases and disorders in our sample was only partially consistent with other reports [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][10][11][12][13][31][32][33][34][35][36]: while the percentages relating to NMDs and CCHS were similar, there was a much lower rate of lung and airway diseases (bronchial dysplasia, malaria, ciliary dyskinesia, OSAS, and other respiratory diseases with chronic hypoventilation) in our sample, with 3.6% as opposed to 25-35% in the literature [1][2][3][4][5][6]8,9,[11][12][13][31][32][33][34][35][36]. This may relate to patient care and clinical or organizational factors particular to our setting: patients are only referred to the regional reference center if they are under 18 years old and have complex, lifethreatening diseases posing very complicated care issues.…”