Sudden infant death syndrome and the media.
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
Sudden infant death has haunted humanity since Biblical times, and many people are still confused about how to differentiate sudden infant death syndrome from other causes of sudden infant death, such as myocarditis or congenital heart disease. Because of the difficulty of diagnosis, the authors say that SIDS has become a “diagnostic dustbin,” but unnecessarily so. They provide the diagnostic c...
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From the Department of Pathology, Chil dren’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston (H.C.K.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Washing ton University School of Medicine, St. Louis (B.T.T.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Kinney at the Department of Pathol ogy, Enders Bldg. 1112, Children’s Hospi tal Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at hannah.kinney@childrens...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.299.6691.125-d