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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Death > Death, Sudden > Sudden Infant Death
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Death > Infant Death > Sudden Infant Death

Preferred term

Sudden Infant Death  

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Entry terms

  • Cot Death
  • Cot Deaths
  • Crib Death
  • Death, Cot
  • Death, Crib
  • Death, Sudden Infant
  • Infant Death, Sudden
  • SID
  • SIDS
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Scope note

  • The abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)

History note

  • 75; SID was see SUDDEN INFANT DEATH 1993

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013398

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