Genetic evaluation of sudden unexpected death in infants and children
• Genetic evaluation of infants and children with sudden unexpected death has a high diagnostic yield, especially when routine postmortem examinations did not identify a cause of death. • In a comprehensive postmortem investigation of sudden pediatric death broad genetic testing involving both cardiac and noncardiac pathways should be considered.
Authors
- Annelotte M Pries (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3865-0441)
- Wouter P. te Rijdt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4852-9379)
- Patrycja Puiman
- Esther Edelenbos
- Henriëtte A. Moll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9304-3322)
- Birgit Levelink
- Saskia N. van der Crabben (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8619-1511)
- Hester Vlaardingerbroek
- Joris Fuijkschot
- B. A. Semmekrot
- A. Custers
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Beatrix Kinderziekenhuis (NL)
- Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-025-06490-1
- Primary Topic
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universiteit Maastricht
- Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen