Correction: Natural and undetermined sudden death: Value of post-mortem genetic investigation (PLoS ONE (2016) 11:12(e0167358) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167358);Natural and undetermined sudden death: Value of post-mortem genetic investigation

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Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Sanchez, Olallo ^a   Campuzano, Oscar ^a   Fernández Falgueras, Anna ^a,b   Sarquella Brugada, Georgia ^c   Cesar, Sergi ^c   Mademont, Irene ^a   Mates, Jesus ^a   Pérez Serra, Alexandra ^a   Coll, Monica ^a   Pico, Ferran ^a   Iglesias, Anna ^a   Tirón, Coloma ^b   Allegue, Catarina ^a   Carro, Esther ^c   Gallego, María Ángeles ^d   Ferrer Costa, Carles ^e   Hospital, Anna ^f   Bardalet, Narcís ^f   Borondo, Juan Carlos ^g   Vingut, Albert ^g   Arbelo, Elena ^c   Brugada, Josep ^c   Castellà, Josep ^d   Medallo, Jordi ^d   Brugada, Ramon ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses de Catalunya   (Spain)

^e Gendiagexe   (Spain)

^f Divisió de Girona   (Spain)

^g Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NATURAL SUDDEN DEATH; NEWBORN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; SUDDEN DEATH; UNDETERMINED SUDDEN DEATH; VASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002624847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171893     Document Type: Erratum

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