Post-mortem pathologic and genetic studies in "dead in bed syndrome" cases in type 1 diabetes mellitus

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 392-400

  Tu, Emily ^a,b   Bagnall, Richard D ^a   Duflou, Johan ^c   Lynch, Matthew ^d   Twigg, Stephen M ^b,e   Semsarian, Christopher ^a,b,e  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c Department of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

"Dead in bed syndrome"; Genetics; Sudden death; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTGF GENE; DEAD IN BED SYNDROME; G6PC GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MUTATOR GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOX2B GENE; SCN5A GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 75949115908     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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