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Postmortem genetic testing of the ryanodine receptor 2 (RYR2) gene in a cohort of sudden unexplained death cases.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jan 2013
Larsen M K, Berge K E, Leren T P, Nissen P H, Hansen J, Kristensen I B, Banner J, Jensen H K
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this investigation was to identify pathogenic variants of the ryanodine receptor 2 (RYR2) gene in a cohort of persons aged 0-40 years who died of sudden unexpected death syndrome (SUD), including a cohort of infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). We genetically screened 29 of the 105 exons of the RYR2 gene associated with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) in...
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