Respiratory pathogens in cases of sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI) at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Service Mortuary
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Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI).
S udden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction campaigns have resulted in a significant decline in the incidence of SIDS. However, SIDS remains the major single cause of death in children in developed countries, with a reported incidence, together with unascertained deaths, of approximately 1/3000 live births. 2 SIDS is in essence a diagnosis of exclusion, although there are inconsistencie...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1103