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Possible role of mtDNA mutations in sudden infant death.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Jul 2002
Opdal Siri H, Vege Ashild, Egeland Thore, Musse Musse A, Rognum Torleiv O
Abstract excerpt
Variation in hypervariable region I (HVR-I) and mutations in coding areas of mtDNA were studied in 257 patients of sudden infant death caused by infections, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and borderline SIDS and in a control group of 102 living infants. Nine different point mutations were detected in the coding areas investigated: T3290C, T3308C, T3308G (three patients), A9299G (two patients), G9300A (two...
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