Siblings of sudden infant death syndrome and near miss in about 30 families: is there a genetic factor?

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The purposes of this study were: (1) to compare our data with those reported in the general population; (2) to find a factor implicated in repetitive accidents; (3) to look for a possible genetic factor; and (4) to evaluate whether or not the risk of recurrence was the same in a family with two or more infants having died of sudden intant death syndrome (SIDS) as in the general population. We study...

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