Pulmonary siderophages and unexpected infant death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 360-363

  Schluckebier, Deirdre A ^a,b   Cool, Carlyne D ^a   Henry, Thomas E ^a   Martin, Amy ^a   Wahe, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxial death; Hypoxia; Infant death; Nonaccidental trauma; Siderophage; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CELL COUNT; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG SIDEROPHAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; STAINING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIDEROSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0036901281     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200212000-00012     Document Type: Article

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