The role of infection and inflammation in sudden infant death syndrome

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 516-523

  Blood Siegfried, Jane ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxin; Infection; Inflammation; SIDS; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOKINE;

AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY POSTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70449098001     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970902814137     Document Type: Review

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