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    David T. Mage

  2. Dupont Corporation, Newark, Delaware, USA

    E. Maria Donner

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David T. Mage is a retired employee of WHO.

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Mage, D.T., Donner, E.M. Comment on Fard et al.’s Candidate gene variants of the immune system and sudden infant death syndrome. Int J Legal Med 130, 1069–1070 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-016-1380-x

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