Apparent life-threatening event: a review
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Instituição: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil 1Mestre em Ciências pelo Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Unicamp; Médica Pediatra, Assistente do Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil 2Professor Livre-docente na Área de Urgência e Emergência pelo Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Unicamp; Professor-Associado do Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil ABSTRACT
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