Infection: the neglected paradigm in SIDS research
Open Access
- 23 January 2017
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 102 (8), 767-772
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-312327
Abstract
Despite decades of investigation and millions of dollars spent, the cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) eludes researchers. It is timely therefore to reconsider the reasons for this failure and to explore how research might go forward with better prospects. This review assesses SIDS research in the context of clinicopathological and epidemiological features and determines that only infection attains congruence.Keywords
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