Tumors associated with sudden infant and childhood death

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-25

  Krous, Henry F ^a,b   Chadwick, Amy E ^a   Isaacs Jr , Hart ^a,b  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoplasm; SUDC; Sudden childhood death; Sudden infant death; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 17644423464     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-004-7077-z     Document Type: Article

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