Sudden infant death syndrome "gray zone" disclosed only by a study of the brain stem on serial sections

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-169

  Ottaviani, Giulia ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^a   Bruni, Barbara ^a   Lavezzi, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus hypoplasia; Brainstem study; Necrotic nucleus of solitary tract; Nucleus ambiguus toxoplasma encephalitis; Sudden infant death syndrome "gray zone"; Sudden infant death syndrome borderline

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CADAVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME GRAY ZONE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 16444374254     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.031     Document Type: Article

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