Laryngeal basement membrane thickening is not a reliable postmortem marker for SIDS: Results from the Chicago infant mortality study

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-227

  Krous, Henry F ^a,e   Hauck, Fern R ^b   Herman, Stanislaw M ^b   Valdes Dapena, Marie ^f   McClatchey, Kenneth D ^b   Filkins, James A ^c   Hoffman, Howard J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Laryngeal basement membrane thickness; Larynx; Postmortem; SIDS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LARYNX; MALE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0032841070     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199909000-00001     Document Type: Article

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