Pulmonary intra-alveolar siderophages in SIDS and suffocation: A San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project report

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-114

  Krous, Henry F ^a,b   Wixom, Christopher ^a   Chadwick, Amy E ^a   Haas, Elisabeth A ^a   Silva, Patricia D ^a   Stanley, Christina ^c  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; ALTE; Hemosiderin; Infanticide; Positional asphyxia; Siderophages; SIDS; Sudden infant death; Suffocation

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE;

ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ASPHYXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIDEROSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 33745889612     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/08-05-0088.1     Document Type: Review

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