Molecular autopsy of sudden cardiac death (SCD): The challenge of forensic pathologist to the complexity of genomics

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-370

  Oliva, Antonio ^a   Pascali, Vincenzo L ^a   Hong, Kui ^b   Brugada, Ramon ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c New York Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; SODIUM;

AUTOPSY; BRUGADA SYNDROME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SUDDEN DEATH; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 33644838155     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000188080.84626.a6     Document Type: Letter

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