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Bard AM, Clark LV, Cosgun E, Aldinger KA, Timms A, Quina LA, Lavista Ferres JM, Jardine D, Haas EA, Becker TM, Pagan CM, Santani A, Martinez D, Barua S, McNutt Z, Nesbitt A, Mitchell EA, Ramirez JM. Known pathogenic gene variants and new candidates detected in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death using Whole Genome Sequencing. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.09.11.23295207. [PMID: 37745463 PMCID: PMC10516094 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.11.23295207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Purpose To gain insights into potential genetic factors contributing to the infant's vulnerability to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). Methods Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) was performed on 145 infants that succumbed to SUID, and 576 healthy adults. Variants were filtered by gnomAD allele frequencies and predictions of functional consequences. Results Variants of interest were identified in 86 genes, 63.4% of our cohort. Seventy-one of these have been previously associated with SIDS/SUID/SUDP. Forty-three can be characterized as cardiac genes and are related to cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, and other conditions. Variants in 22 genes were associated with neurologic functions. Variants were also found in 13 genes reported to be pathogenic for various systemic disorders. Variants in eight genes are implicated in the response to hypoxia and the regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and have not been previously described in SIDS/SUID/SUDP. Seventy-two infants met the triple risk hypothesis criteria (Figure 1). Conclusion Our study confirms and further expands the list of genetic variants associated with SUID. The abundance of genes associated with heart disease and the discovery of variants associated with the redox metabolism have important mechanistic implications for the pathophysiology of SUID.
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Ramirez JM, Carroll MS, Burgraff N, Rand CM, Weese-Mayer DE. A narrative review of the mechanisms and consequences of intermittent hypoxia and the role of advanced analytic techniques in pediatric autonomic disorders. Clin Auton Res 2023; 33:287-300. [PMID: 37326924 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-023-00958-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Disorders of autonomic functions are typically characterized by disturbances in multiple organ systems. These disturbances are often comorbidities of common and rare diseases, such as epilepsy, sleep apnea, Rett syndrome, congenital heart disease or mitochondrial diseases. Characteristic of many autonomic disorders is the association with intermittent hypoxia and oxidative stress, which can cause or exaggerate a variety of other autonomic dysfunctions, making the treatment and management of these syndromes very complex. In this review we discuss the cellular mechanisms by which intermittent hypoxia can trigger a cascade of molecular, cellular and network events that result in the dysregulation of multiple organ systems. We also describe the importance of computational approaches, artificial intelligence and the analysis of big data to better characterize and recognize the interconnectedness of the various autonomic and non-autonomic symptoms. These techniques can lead to a better understanding of the progression of autonomic disorders, ultimately resulting in better care and management.
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- Jan-Marino Ramirez
- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
- Departments of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1900 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.
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- Data Analytics and Reporting, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
- Division of Autonomic Medicine, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA
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- Division of Autonomic Medicine, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
- Division of Autonomic Medicine, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Bévalot F, Cartiser N, Bottinelli C, Fanton L, Guitton J. Vitreous humor analysis for the detection of xenobiotics in forensic toxicology: a review. Forensic Toxicol 2015; 34:12-40. [PMID: 26793276 PMCID: PMC4705140 DOI: 10.1007/s11419-015-0294-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Vitreous humor (VH) is a gelatinous substance contained in the posterior chamber of the eye, playing a mechanical role in the eyeball. It has been the subject of numerous studies in various forensic applications, primarily for the assessment of postmortem interval and for postmortem chemical analysis. Since most of the xenobiotics present in the bloodstream are detected in VH after crossing the selective blood-retinal barrier, VH is an alternative matrix useful for forensic toxicology. VH analysis offers particular advantages over other biological matrices: it is less prone to postmortem redistribution, is easy to collect, has relatively few interfering compounds for the analytical process, and shows sample stability over time after death. The present study is an overview of VH physiology, drug transport and elimination. Collection, storage, analytical techniques and interpretation of results from qualitative and quantitative points of view are dealt with. The distribution of xenobiotics in VH samples is thus discussed and illustrated by a table reporting the concentrations of 106 drugs from more than 300 case reports. For this purpose, a survey was conducted of publications found in the MEDLINE database from 1969 through April 30, 2015.
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- Fabien Bévalot
- Laboratoire LAT LUMTOX, 71 Avenue Rockefeller, 69003 Lyon, France.,Institut de Médecine Légale, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Laboratoire de Toxicologie, ISPB-Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Département de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Place D'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France.,CREATIS CNRS UMR 5220, INSERM U1044, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, 7 Avenue Jean Capelle, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Toxicologie, ISPB-Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France.,Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 165 Chemin Grand Revoyet, 69495 Pierre Bénite Cedex, France
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McGuire M, Zhang Y, White DP, Ling L. Chronic intermittent hypoxia enhances ventilatory long-term facilitation in awake rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2003; 95:1499-508. [PMID: 12819226 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00044.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study examined the effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH: 5 min 11-12% O2/5 min air, 12 h/night, 7 nights) on ventilatory long-term facilitation (LTF) and determined the persistence period of this CIH effect in awake rats. LTF, elicited by 5 or 10 episodes of 5 min 12% O2, was measured four times in the same Sprague-Dawley rats by plethysmography, before and 8 h, 3 days, and 7 days after CIH treatment. Resting ventilation was unchanged after CIH. Five episodes of 12% O2 did not initially elicit LTF but elicited LTF (23.5 +/- 1.4% above baseline) 8 h after CIH, which partially remained at 3 days (11.4 +/- 2.2%, P < 0.05) and disappeared at 7 days. Ten episodes initially elicited LTF (17.7 +/- 1.1%, 45-min duration) and elicited an enhanced LTF (29.1 +/- 1.5%, 75 min) 8 h after CIH. These results demonstrated that CIH enhanced ventilatory LTF in conscious, freely behaving rats in two ways: 1) a previously ineffective protocol induced LTF; and 2) LTF magnitude was increased and LTF duration prolonged, and this CIH effect on LTF persisted for at least 3 days.
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- Michelle McGuire
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA
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McGuire M, Zhang Y, White DP, Ling L. Effect of hypoxic episode number and severity on ventilatory long-term facilitation in awake rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2002; 93:2155-61. [PMID: 12391141 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00405.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Episodic hypoxia induces a persistent augmentation of respiratory activity, termed long-term facilitation (LTF). Phrenic LTF saturates in anesthetized animals such that additional episodes of stimulation cause no further increase in LTF magnitude. The present study tested the hypothesis that 1) ventilatory LTF also saturates in awake rats and 2) more severe hypoxia and hypoxic episodes increase the effectiveness of eliciting ventilatory LTF. Minute ventilation was measured in awake, male Sprague-Dawley rats by plethysmography. LTF was elicited by five episodes of 10% O(2) poikilocapnic hypoxia (magnitude: 17.3 +/- 2.8% above baseline, between 15 and 45 min posthypoxia, duration: 45 min) but not 12 or 8% O(2). LTF was also elicited by 10, 20, and 72 episodes of 12% O(2) (19.1 +/- 2.2, 18.9 +/- 1.8, and 19.8 +/- 1.6%; 45, 60, and 75 min, respectively) but not by three or five episodes. These results show that there is a certain range of hypoxia that induces ventilatory LTF and that additional hypoxic episodes may increase the duration but not the magnitude of this response.
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- Michelle McGuire
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Liu J, Boujedaini N, Cazin L, Mallet E, Clabaut M. Developmental changes in cardio-respiratory responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia in anesthetized low-birth-weight rats. RESPIRATION PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 123:189-99. [PMID: 11007986 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-5687(00)00176-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study compared the developmental changes in the cardio-respiratory responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia between full-term low-birth-weight (LBW) and control rats during the postnatal period. The heart rate (HR), respiratory frequency (fR) and amplitude (aR) were measured during hypoxia (10% O(2) for 10 min) and hypercapnia (5% CO(2) for 10 min) in rats aged 7, 14 and 21 days, anesthetized with urethane. During hypoxia, HR was not significantly modified in the younger rats of both groups. In the older rats, aged 14 and 21 days, HR was markedly diminished, with a more pronounced decrease in LBW rats. The HR recovery was never observed in the older LBW rats. The fR and aR showed an age-related increase in both groups: a biphasic fR pattern observed on day 7 was replaced by a sustained increase on days 14 and 21. In contrast to controls, LBW rats never displayed a fR recovery during reoxygenation. In controls, aR shifted from a biphasic pattern in the younger rats to a sustained increase in the older ones. The LBW rats only displayed a decrease of aR in the younger, while in the older ones, a transient and slight increase preceded this decrease. During hypercapnia, the only significant difference detected between these two groups was that aR increased in LBW rats to a greater extent than in controls on days 14 and 21. Altogether, our results revealed a markedly attenuated cardio-respiratory response to hypoxia in LBW rats, but no such effect in response to hypercapnia.
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- J Liu
- Laboratory of Fetal-Maternal Pathophysiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Buschatz D, Schlüter B, Zernikow B, Trowitzsch E. Interkorrelation von epidemiologischen und polysomnographischen Risikofaktoren des plötzlichen Säuglingstodes. SOMNOLOGIE 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/s11818-999-0019-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Opdal SH, Rognum TO, Vege A, Saugstad OD. Hypoxanthine levels in vitreous humor: a study of influencing factors in sudden infant death syndrome. Pediatr Res 1998; 44:192-6. [PMID: 9702913 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199808000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Elevated hypoxanthine (Hx) levels in the vitreous humor of victims of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) have been been claimed to indicate hypoxia before death. An important methodologic problem is the temperature-dependent Hx increase after death. Although most previous studies have corrected for expected postmortem Hx increase, the aim of the present study was to omit this problem by matching the subjects of the different groups studied for similar postmortem time. Thirteen cases of violent death, 11 cases of borderline SIDS, 22 cases of death from infectious disease, and 17 cases of death from heart/lung disease were compared with a 3-fold number of SIDS cases. To investigate the impact of environmental factors on the Hx levels of the SIDS cases, the following possible confounding factors were investigated: attempt to resuscitate, slight infections before death, sleeping position, and time of the day when found dead. To investigate whether the size of the eyeball would influence the Hx level, five cases of violent death in children were compared with 15 adults who died suddenly. The vitreous humor Hx level was significantly higher in SIDS victims than in cases of violent death (p < 0.01) and deaths due to heart/lung disease (p < 0.01), whereas no such difference was found either between SIDS and borderline SIDS or SIDS and infectious death. There were no differences between any of the subgroups of SIDS victims. The vitreous humor Hx level in small children and adults did not differ. The findings raise the question of possible similarities in death mechanism in SIDS and infectious death.
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- S H Opdal
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Oslo, The National Hospital, Norway
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Milerad J, Vege A, Opdal SH, Rognum TO. Objective measurements of nicotine exposure in victims of sudden infant death syndrome and in other unexpected child deaths. J Pediatr 1998; 133:232-6. [PMID: 9709711 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(98)70225-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Self-reported maternal smoking is associated with a dose-related-increase in the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The aim of this study was to measure objectively whether victims of SIDS are more exposed to tobacco smoke before death than infants who die unexpectedly of other causes. DESIGN Continine levels in pericardial fluid were used as an indicator of exposure. Levels > 5 ng/mL indicated significant exposure, and levels > 20 ng/mL indicated heavy exposure. Samples were obtained from all sudden deaths in children < 7 years of age that occurred from 1990 through 1993 in southeastern Norway. Twenty four infants died of SIDS, 12 infants of infections, and 9 of accidents (median age 4.5, 5, and 35 months, respectively). RESULTS Compared with the age-matched infectious deaths, a significantly higher proportion of victims of SIDS had been significantly (92% vs 67%) or heavily exposed (25% vs 0%) to nicotine, (P < .05). Median cotinine levels in infants with SIDS, 15.8 ng/mL, were significantly higher than in infants who had infectious deaths 7.1 ng/mL (P < .003) but were comparable to those of accident victims (12.9 ng/mL, not significant). CONCLUSIONS Victims of SIDS are more often and more heavily exposed to tobacco smoke doses before death than are infants who have sudden infectious deaths. Accidental death in infancy and childhood is often associated with a significant exposure to nicotine.
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- J Milerad
- Department of Women and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- M Lazoff
- Division of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Storm H, Rognum TO, Saugstad OD, Skullerud K, Reichelt KL. Beta-endorphin immunoreactivity in spinal fluid and hypoxanthine in vitreous humour related to brain stem gliosis in sudden infant death victims. Eur J Pediatr 1994; 153:675-81. [PMID: 7957429 DOI: 10.1007/bf02190691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Beta-endorphin may induce respiratory depression and bradycardia. Elevated levels of hypoxanthine (HX) in vitreous humour (VH) may possibly indicate hypoxia before death. Furthermore, gliosis in the brain stem may reflect a previous hypoxic/ischaemic injury in the brain. In the present study we relate beta-endorphin immunoreactivity (BENDI) in the CSF to the presence or absence of reactive astrocytosis in the nucleus olivae inferior (NOI). The relationship between the HX concentration in VH and the number of reactive astrocytes in sudden infant death (SID) cases (n = 17) and controls (n = 23) was also studied. The number of reactive astrocytes was examined in the NOI by immunohistochemical demonstration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). The BENDI in CSF and the number of reactive astrocytes in the NOI divided the SID victims into two subpopulations (P < 0.01). One had a median of < 4 fmol/ml BENDI in CSF (range < 4) and 2 reactive astrocytes (range 0-15), and was similar to the controls that died from infections. The other subpopulation had a median of 260 fmol/ml BENDI in CSF (range 160-400) and 13 reactive astrocytes (range 7-33), similar to the control infants with previous hypoxia. In this latter SID subpopulation the number of reactive astrocytes correlated positively with BENDI in CSF (r = 0.7, P < 0.05). All the SID victims had elevated levels of HX in VH. In the SID subpopulation with high level of BENDI in CSF and increased number of activated astrocytes, the correlation factor between HX in VH and activated astrocytes was r = 0.7 (P < 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Storm
- Department of Paediatric Research, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Hypoxanthine concentrations in vitreous humor were determined in 107 cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and compared with levels in 4 cases of borderline SIDS, 26 cases of infectious death and 16 cases of sudden violent death. The hypoxanthine measurements were made using a high-performance liquid chromatography method. The hypoxanthine levels were significantly (p < 0.01) higher in SIDS than in violent deaths, while no significant difference was found between SIDS and infectious deaths. The present report demonstrates a similar distribution pattern of hypoxanthine levels in vitreous humor in SIDS and infectious death. We have previously described signs of immune stimulation both in peripheral organs and in the central nervous system in these conditions. This indicates that the death mechanism in SIDS has some similarities with infectious death.
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- A Vege
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Oslo, Norway
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Rognum TO, Saugstad OD. Biochemical and immunological studies in SIDS victims. Clues to understanding the death mechanism. ACTA PAEDIATRICA (OSLO, NORWAY : 1992). SUPPLEMENT 1993; 82 Suppl 389:82-5. [PMID: 8374202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1993.tb12886.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- T O Rognum
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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