Medical Hypotheses
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , July 2001

Sudden infant death syndrome Part 2: the response of the reticuloendothelial system to hypoxemia and infection

Received 10 November 2000 ,Accepted 30 November 2000.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1279

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