What is it about?
The voice box in some babies who die from SIDS is probably inflamed for some time prior to death, reducing the airway
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Why is it important?
It gives possibilities for prevention
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My son died from SIDS- this paper is the final one of 3 which resulted from his untimely demise. Professor Don Harrison, a world expert on the larynx,initiated this work and showed the airway narrowing, not present in babies of a similar age dying from other causes. His excellent technician , Chris Brock then performed studies on the laryngeal sections showing alterations in mucus.Finally Qutayba Hamid underttok the immunological studies reported in this paper. My gratitude is to them all.
Glenis Scadding
University College London
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This page is a summary of: Laryngeal Inflammation in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Current Pediatric Reviews, February 2015, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1573396311666150113213133.
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