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Medical Hypotheses

Volume 45, Issue 1, July 1995, Pages 73-75
Medical Hypotheses

Unexplained stillbirths and sudden infant death syndrome

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Abstract

Comparison of necropsy records, clinical details and epidemiological data of 93 unexplained stillbirths and 149 cases of sudden infant death syndrome provides compelling evidence that these disorders represent a continuum of a single spectrum of disease. Regarding them as a single disease entity could lead to a clearer understanding of both.

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