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...
Main Authors: | Sílvia Ribeiro, Luís Coelho, Katerina Puentes, Gabriel Miltenberger-Miltenyi, Bebiana Faria, Lucy Calvo, João Primo, Víctor Sanfins, António Lourenço |
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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 |
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