The male excess in sudden infant deaths

Innate Immunity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-29

  Moscovis, Sophia M ^a,b   Hall, Sharron T ^b,c   Burns, Christine J ^b,c   Scott, Rodney J ^a,b,d   Blackwell, C Caroline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cigarette smoke; cytokines; Lipopolysaccharides; sudden infant death; testosterone

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VIRUS INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYTOKINES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891298138     PISSN: 17534259     EISSN: 17534267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753425913481071     Document Type: Article

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