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Association of common and rare variants of SCN10A gene with sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome in Chinese Han population.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jan 2017
Zhang Liyong, Zhou Feng, Huang Lei, Wu Qiuping, Zheng Jinxiang, Wu Yeda, Yin Kun, Cheng Jianding
Abstract excerpt
Sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) remains an autopsy negative entity with unknown etiology to both forensic pathologists and physicians. The electrocardiogram (ECG) characteristics and clinical phenotype of SUNDS survivors strongly suggest that SUNDS shares some similarities with Brugada syndrome (BrS). Recently, the variants of sodium channel Nav 1.8 coding gene SCN10A were identified to be...
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