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Next-generation sequencing of 34 genes in sudden unexplained death victims in forensics and in patients with channelopathic cardiac diseases.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jul 2015
Hertz C L, Christiansen S L, Ferrero-Miliani L, Fordyce S L, Dahl M, Holst A G, Ottesen G L, Frank-Hansen R, Bundgaard H, Morling N
Abstract excerpt
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is responsible for a large proportion of sudden deaths in young individuals. In forensic medicine, many cases remain unexplained after routine postmortem autopsy and conventional investigations. These cases are called sudden unexplained deaths (SUD). Genetic testing has been suggested useful in forensic medicine, although in general with a significantly lower success rate compared to...
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