Infection and sudden unexpected death in infancy: a systematic retrospective case review

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9627, 2008, Pages 1848-1853

  Weber, MA ^a   Klein, NJ ^a   Hartley, JC ^a   Lock, PE ^a   Malone, M ^a   Sebire, NJ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 44349181395     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60798-9     Document Type: Article

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