Article
Postmortem molecular analysis of SCN5A defects in sudden infant death syndrome.
JAMA - 14 Nov 2001
Ackerman M J, Siu B L, Sturner W Q, Tester D J, Valdivia C R, Makielski J C, Towbin J A
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Fatal arrhythmias from occult long QT syndrome may be responsible for some cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Because patients who have long QT syndrome with sodium channel gene (SCN5A) defects have an increased frequency of cardiac events during sleep, and a recent case is re...
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