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De novo mutation in the SCN5A gene associated with early onset of sudden infant death.
Circulation - 4 Sept 2001
Wedekind H, Smits J P, Schulze-Bahr E, Arnold R, Veldkamp M W, Bajanowski T, Borggrefe M, Brinkmann B, Warnecke I, Funke H, Bhuiyan Z A, Wilde A A, Breithardt G, Haverkamp W
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BACKGROUND: Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS), a cardiac ion channel disease, is an important cause of sudden cardiac death. Prolongation of the QT interval has recently been associated with sudden infant death syndrome, which is the leading cause of death among infants between 1 week and 1 year...
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