The role of post-mortem investigations in determining the cause of sudden unexpected death in infancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1048-1053

  Weber, M A ^a   Ashworth, M T ^a   Risdon, R A ^a   Hartley, J C ^a   Malone, M ^a   Sebire, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 57149093076     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.136739     Document Type: Article

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