Evidence for an association between infant mortality and a carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A genetic variant

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 945-951

  Gessner, Bradford D ^a   Gillingham, Melanie B ^b   Birch, Stephanie ^a   Wood, Thalia ^a   Koeller, David M ^b,c  

^a Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska native; Carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency; Fatty acid oxidation disorder; Infant death; Metabolic disorders; Newborn screening; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE 1A; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ALLELES; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POPULATION GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 78049421998     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0687     Document Type: Article

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