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Association between a functional polymorphism in the MAOA gene and sudden infant death syndrome.
Pediatrics - 1 Mar 2012
Klintschar Michael, Heimbold Christian
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Abnormalities in the serotonergic as well as the noradrenergic neuronal systems are believed to contribute to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The X-chromosomal monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene is of importance for both systems and up to now no systematic study on a functional polymorphism in this gene has been performed in a sufficiently large group. METHODS: We investigated a functional MAOA...
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