Association of sudden infant death syndrome with grossly deranged iron metabolism and nitric oxide overload

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-139

  Reid, G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BILE PIGMENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FERROCHELATASE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SELENIUM;

BONE MARROW APLASIA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; IRON METABOLISM; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THEORY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034058669     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0833     Document Type: Article

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