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Genetic investigation of the TSPYL1 gene in sudden infant death syndrome.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Hering Robert, Frade-Martinez Rosario, Bajanowski Thomas, Poets Christian F, Tschentscher Frank, Riess Olaf
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) constitutes the most frequent cause of death in the postperinatal period in Germany. Recently, a lethal phenotype characterized by sudden infant death with dysgenesis of the testes syndrome (SIDDT) was identified to be caused by loss of function mutations in the TSPYL1 gene. PURPOSE: The study's purpose was to reveal a possible role of TSPYL1 in SIDS. METHODS: DNA...
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