Sudden fetal and infant deaths: shared characteristics and distinctive features.

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Recent evidence suggests sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) infants have a diminished capacity to respond to autonomic challenges during a vulnerable developmental period. We speculate that a dysfunction or altered trajectory in the development of the autonomic nervous system may be detected in utero and also may play a role in the pathogenesis of unexplained late stillbirth. Some fetuses, as well as infants,...

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