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Sudden infant death syndrome, childhood thrombosis, and presence of genetic risk factors for thrombosis.
Thrombosis research - 15 May 2000
Larsen T B, Nørgaard-Pedersen B, Lundemose J B, Rüdiger N, Gaustadnes M, Brandslund I
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Sudden infant death syndrome or "cot death" has until the late eighties been a significant cause of death in children between the ages of 1 month and 1 year. Approximately two per 1000 children born alive dies of sudden infant death syndrome each year in Western Europe, North America, and Australia. The vulnerability of the infant brain stem to ischemia has been suggested to be a conceivable cause of sudden...
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