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SIDS: genetic and environmental influences may cause arrhythmia in this silent killer.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 2006
Makielski Jonathan C
Abstract excerpt
In this issue of the JCI, Bowers et al. show that the common polymorphism of the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel, type Valpha (SCN5A), designated S1103Y, found in African Americans is associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Wild-type and mutant SCN5A channels both functioned typically under normal conditions in vitro, but exposure to acidic intracellular pH levels such as...
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