Negative autopsy and sudden cardiac death

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 599-606

  Campuzano, Oscar ^a   Allegue, Catarina ^a   Partemi, Sara ^b   Iglesias, Anna ^a   Oliva, Antonio ^b   Brugada, Ramon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channelopathies; Genetics; Negative autopsy; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHANNELOPATHY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHANNELOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84904397582     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-0966-4     Document Type: Review

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