Unclassified sudden infant death associated with pulmonary intra-alveolar hemosiderosis and hemorrhage

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 471-474

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

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis; SIDS; Sudden infant death; Suffocation

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THORAX INJURY; TOXICOLOGY;

FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 35349003312     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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