Long QT molecular autopsy in sudden infant death syndrome

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 635-640

  Glengarry, Joanna Moira ^a   Crawford, Jackie ^b,c   Morrow, Paul Lowell ^a,b   Stables, Simon Robert ^a   Love, Donald Roy ^b,d   Skinner, Jonathan Robert ^b,c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANDERSEN SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BED SHARING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SERVICE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONG QT SYNDROME 1; LONG QT SYNDROME 2; LONG QT SYNDROME 3; LONG QT SYNDROME 5; LONG QT SYNDROME 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI (PEOPLE); MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AUTOPSY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KCNQ1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NAV1.5 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 84902373831     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305331     Document Type: Article

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