Gene and gene-environment risk factors in sudden undexpected death in infants

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Hunt, Carl E ^a   Hauck, Fern R ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiac channelopathy; Gene polymorphisms; Inflammation; Serotonin (5 HT); Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI)

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CAVEOLIN 3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PAIRED LIKE HOMEOBOX 2A; PAIRED LIKE HOMEOBOX 2B; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; T CELL LEUKEMIA HOMEOBOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY POSTURE; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; ENERGY YIELD; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTRON; LONG QT SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CHANNELOPATHY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SMOKING; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 77954319590     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339610791317269     Document Type: Article

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