Sudden infant death syndrome and sudden intrauterine unexplained death: correlation between hypoplasia of raphé nuclei and serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism.

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This study, besides to delineate the cytoarchitecture and the localization in the brainstem of the human raphé nuclei, aims to evaluate the correlation between neuropathological raphé defects and serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) promoter region polymorphisms in a cohort of 28 SIDS victims, 12 sudden intrauterine unexplained deaths (SIUD), and 17 controls. Hypoplasia of one or more nuclei of both the rostral and...

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