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Robert S. Michel, MD; Martha A. Carpenter, MD; Mark A. Lovell, MD
From the Department of Pediatrics (Drs Michel, Carpenter, and Lovell) and Pathology (Dr Lovell), University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:709-710.

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A PREVIOUSLY healthy 6-year-old white boy was admitted to the hospital after a second episode of syncope. The first occurred several months before when while racing a sibling, he became limp and unresponsive for less than 5 minutes. On awakening, he was aware of his surroundings, but slept a great deal for the next several hours. He was fine until the day of admission when, while racing another sibling, he collapsed, became unresponsive for less than 5 minutes, and then became awake and alert. His medical history is remarkable for lack of routine immunizations, given his parents' medical convictions. There was no history of seizure disorder or cardiac arrhythmia. Family history was noncontributory.

On admission, he was a well-appearing boy. His height was 113 cm, 25th percentile; weight, 19.5 kg, 50th percentile. He had no dysmorphic features and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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