Update on congenital heart disease and sudden infant/perinatal death: From history to future trends

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 555-562

  Ottaviani, Giulia ^a,b   Buja, L Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autopsy Pathology; Cardiovascular; Heart; Sids

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MORTALITY RATE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; WATER POLLUTION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MUTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 85021210527     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2017-204326     Document Type: Review

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