Intra-alveolar pulmonary siderophages in sudden infant death: A marker for previous imposed suffocation

Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-63

  Becroft, David M O ^a,c   Lockett, Bruce K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Imposed suffocation; Infanticide; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Pulmonary hemorrhage; Pulmonary siderosis; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

IRON; MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; STAINING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0030960512     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029700169554     Document Type: Article

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