Familial predisposition and cosegregation analysis of adult obstructive sleep apnea and the sudden infant death syndrome

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 833-838

  Gislason, Thorarinn ^a,b,c,d   Johannsson, Johann Heidar ^a,b,c   Haraldsson, Asgeir ^a,b,c   Olafsdottir, Berglind Ran ^a,b,c   Jonsdottir, Helga ^a,b,c   Kong, Augustine ^a,b,c   Frigge, Michael L ^a,b,c   Jonsdottir, Gurun M ^a,b,c   Hakonarson, Hakon ^a,b,c   Gulcher, Jeffrey ^a,b,c   Stefansson, Kari ^a,b,c  

^a Vífilsstadir ^*  (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^d Vifilsstadir   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Sleep apnea; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037106510     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2107121     Document Type: Article

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