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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: review of implicated genetic factors.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Apr 2007
Weese-Mayer Debra E, Ackerman Michael J, Marazita Mary L, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic studies in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have been motivated by clinical, epidemiological, and/or neuropathological observations in SIDS victims, with subsequent pursuit of candidate genes in five categories: (1) genes for ion channel proteins based on electrocardiographic evidence of prolonged QT intervals in SIDS victims, (2) gene for serotonin transporter based on decreased serotonergic receptor...
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