Bed Sharing and Infant Mortality: Guilt by Association?

Factors Associated With Infant Bed-Sharing

Objective: Bed-sharing is associated with sudden infant death syndrome and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for newborn bed-sharing. Methods: Postpartum mothers from a university maternity service were contacted by phone to complete a survey. Demographic and environmental data were collected; newborn bed-sharing and sleep en...

TAFs: Guilt by Association?

TFIID: TBP and Its Associates TBP is involved in transcription by all three RNA poly-Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 1 Bungtown Road merases and acquires RNA polymerase specificity through association with different sets of TAFs (see Her-Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724 nandez, 1993). TFIID is the TBP/TAF complex involved in transcription by RNA polymerase II; these RNA poly-merase II–specific ...

Hemorrhagic infarction: guilt by association?

Efforts to clarify the natural prevalence, radiologic features, and clinical consequences of hemorrhagic infarction (HI), as seen on CT, are welcome. This information is especially important because HI has been viewed as an ominous sign of potential neurologic disaster and has prompted a reluctance to use anticoagulants. More recently, fear of hemorrhagic transformation has raised concern about...

Homocysteine and cholesterol: guilt by association?

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Guilt-by-association goes global.