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Gene variants predisposing to SIDS: current knowledge.
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology - 1 Mar 2011
Opdal Siri H, Rognum Torleiv O
Abstract excerpt
Genetic risk factors play a role in sudden unexpected infant death; either as a cause of death, such as in cases with medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency and cardiac arrest due to long QT syndrome, or as predisposing factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Most likely genetic predisposition to SIDS represent a polygenic inheritance pattern leading to sudden death when combined with...
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