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Genetic investigation of 100 heart genes in sudden unexplained death victims in a forensic setting.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Dec 2016
Christiansen Sofie Lindgren, Hertz Christin Løth, Ferrero-Miliani Laura, Dahl Morten, Weeke Peter Ejvin, LuCamp, Ottesen Gyda Lolk, Frank-Hansen Rune, Bundgaard Henning, Morling Niels
Abstract excerpt
In forensic medicine, one-third of the sudden deaths remain unexplained after medico-legal autopsy. A major proportion of these sudden unexplained deaths (SUD) are considered to be caused by inherited cardiac diseases. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) may be the first manifestation of these diseases. The purpose of this study was to explore the yield of next-generation sequencing of genes associated with SCD in a...
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