Sudden infant death syndrome and cardiac arrhythmias

Future Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-207

  Morris, James A ^a   Harrison, Linda ^a   Brodison, Adrian ^a   Lauder, Robert ^b  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxins; Cardiac arrhythmias; Channelopathies; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE PARENT; SLEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 66949178746     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796678.5.2.201     Document Type: Review

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