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Aquaporin-4 gene variation and sudden infant death syndrome.
Pediatric research - 1 Jul 2010
Opdal Siri H, Vege Ashild, Stray-Pedersen Arne, Rognum Torleiv O
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to investigate the aquaporin-4 (AQP4) gene in cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and controls and to elucidate the hypothesis that a genetically determined disturbed water homeostasis in the brain is involved as a predisposing factor in SIDS. The single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs2075575, rs4800773, rs162004, and rs3763043 in the AQP4 gene were investigated in 141...
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