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Patients harbour heterozygous<jats:italic>PHOX-2B<\/jats:italic>gene mutations which are polyalanine repeats of various lengths in most of the cases. A few previous studies have reported learning difficulties and neuropsychological disorders in patients with CCHS. The aims of the present study were (1) to explore the intellectual abilities of a group of children with CCHS followed up in the centre of reference for CCHS in France using the Wechsler batteries of tests, (2) and to assess whether there was any association between CCHS characteristics and various domains of the intellectual functioning.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 34 consecutive patients (15 males, 19 females) of mean (SD) age of 7.8 (3.8) years, ranging from 4 to 16\u00a0years and 6\u00a0months. Mean score of full-scale intelligence quotient was 82 (20), being in the low average range. Indexes of working memory and processing speed were significantly lower as compared to the other Wechsler indexes. There were two important findings: (1) full-scale intelligence quotient as well as indexes of verbal comprehension and processing speed were significantly greater in patients with mask ventilation than in those with tracheostomy ventilation (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012, 0.032 and 0.042 respectively); (2) most interestingly, in the patients with polyalanine repeats mutations, all intellectual indexes negatively correlated with the number of polyalanine expansion, with statistical significance reached for indexes of fluid reasoning and working memory (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.449,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.032 and<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.562,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012 respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>CCHS increased the risk to develop neurocognitive deficiencies, affecting particularly speed of processing and working memory. Our results suggested that both genetics and ventilation method could be also\u00a0involved in the physiopathology of neurocognitive impairment. Further investigations were required to untangle the complex underlying processes. 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