New Approaches to the Pathogenesis of Sudden Intrauterine Unexplained Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

• Main Author: Anna M. Lavezzi (auth)
• Other Authors: Conrad E. Johanson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; pathogenesis; hypotheses; SIDS; sudden fetal death; guidelines
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants in the first year of age. The more known definition of SIDS is the sudden unexpected death of an infant less than 1 year of age, with onset of the fatal episode apparently occurring during sleep, that remains unexplained...