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Sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome in Southern China: an epidemiological survey and SCN5A gene screening.
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology - 1 Dec 2011
Cheng Jianding, Makielski Jonathan C, Yuan Ping, Shi Nianqing, Zhou Feng, Ye Bin, Tan Bi-Hua, Kroboth Stacie
Abstract excerpt
Based on autopsy data collected in Southern China from 2001-2006, 975 cases of sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) were surveyed. Genetic screening of SCN5A gene encoding the voltage dependent cardiac sodium channel was performed in 74 SUNDS cases. The annual occurrence rate of SUNDS in the area was estimated to be about 1 per 100,000 people. About 80.6% of deaths occurred between the ages of 21...
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