Postmortem genetic testing: Clinical diagnosis is not ended by the patient’s death
In up to one-third of cases of sudden death, the medico-legal autopsy finding is inconclusive, and the option to perform a molecular autopsy is covered in international guidelines. The importance of postmortem genetic testing lies in its ability to identify hereditary diseases, often those with an a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204919301990 |