Hemoglobin F in sudden infant death syndrome: A San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project report

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 456-460

  Krous, Henry F ^a,b   Haas, Elisabeth A ^a   Chadwick, Amy E ^a   Masoumi, Homeyra ^a   Stanley, Christina ^c   Perry, Gary W ^d  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Diego County   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal hemoglobin; Hypoxia; SIDS; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; OXYGEN; TYLOXAPOL; UREA;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 35348994456     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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