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The role of sodium channels in sudden unexpected death in pediatrics.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Aug 2020
Rochtus Anne M, Goldstein Richard D, Holm Ingrid A, Brownstein Catherine A, Pérez-Palma Eduardo, Haynes Robin, Lal Dennis, Poduri Annapurna H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics (SUDP) is a tragic event, likely caused by the complex interaction of multiple factors. The presence of hippocampal abnormalities in many children with SUDP suggests that epilepsy-related mechanisms may contribute to death, similar to Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy. Because of known associations between the genes SCN1A and SCN5A and sudden death, and shared...
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