Very long-chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency which was accepted as infanticide

Forensic Science International

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages e1-

  Eminoglu, Tuba F ^a   Tumer, Leyla ^a   Okur, Ilyas ^a   Ezgu, Fatih S ^a   Biberoglu, Gursel ^a   Hasanoglu, Alev ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Postmortem screening; Sudden death; Very long chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE OLEATE; CREATINE KINASE MB; LONG CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; MYRISTOYL CARNITINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TETRADECANOYL CARNITINE; TROPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXON; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANTICIDE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SUDDEN DEATH; VERY LONG CHAIN ACYL COA DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; VERY LONG CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE GENE;

EID: 79959535793     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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