No association of serotonin transporter gene variation with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Caucasians

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Haas, Cordula ^a   Braun, Julia ^b   Bär, Walter ^a   Bartsch, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

5 HTT; Intron 2; Promoter; Serotonin transporter; SIDS

Indexed keywords

DNA; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRONS; MALE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 67349216610     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.051     Document Type: Article

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