18 Amish children died of rare genetic mutation, study finds
January 23, 2020
When an Amish child fainted after running around outside, the family’s physician was stumped. Results from an electrocardiogram and exercise stress test were normal, and no other cause was apparent.
But a few years later at age 12 — again while engaged in everyday physical activity — the child died of sudden cardiac arrest. And within months, a 10-year-old sibling died in similar fashion.
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