Post-mortem genetic analysis in juvenile cases of sudden cardiac death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 245, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-37

  Campuzano, Oscar ^a   Sanchez Molero, Olallo ^a   Allegue, Catarina ^a   Coll, Monica ^a   Mademont Soler, Irene ^a   Selga, Elisabet ^a   Ferrer Costa, Carles ^b   Mates, Jesus ^a   Iglesias, Anna ^a   Sarquella Brugada, Georgia ^c   Cesar, Sergi ^c   Brugada, Josep ^c   Castellà, Josep ^d   Medallo, Jordi ^d   Brugada, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Gendiagexe   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Institut de Medicina Legal de Catalunya IMLC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Forensics; Genetics; Next generation sequencing; Paediatric; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

DNA; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELATIVE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL GENE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HEART DISEASE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INFANT; NEWBORN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HEART DISEASES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84910069751     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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