The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 44-48.e1 , January 2010

Impact of Sodium/Proton Exchanger 3 Gene Variants on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

  • Micaela Poetsch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Micaela Poetsch, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany.
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  • Bente J. Nottebaum, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Lisa Wingenfeld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Stilla Frede, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Mechtild Vennemann, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Bajanowski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

Received 22 December 2008 ,Revised 21 May 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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 Funded by a grant from the IFORES program run by the Duisburg-Essen University Medical School and the German Federal Ministry of Science and Education (1998 and 2003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00651-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.018

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 44-48.e1 , January 2010

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