An analysis of the medial thickness of small pulmonary arteries in victims of the sudden infant death syndrome
Nigel Wreford,
Department of Anatomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Kim Malafant,
Division of Mathematics and Statistics, C.S.I.R.O., PO Box 1965, Yarralumla, ACT 2600, Australia
Charles Hunter,
Department of Anatomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Graeme Nelson,
Division of Mathematics and Statistics, C.S.I.R.O., PO Box 1965, Yarralumla, ACT 2600, Australia
Abstract
The medial thickness of small pulmonary arteries in 40 victims of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and 12 controls has been determined. For the purposes of analysis infants were allocated according to age into one of 3 groups: 30-90, 91-180 and 181-365 days. The arterial media in the 30-90 day control group was marginally thicker than that in the SIDS victims; no other SIDS related effects were noticed.
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Nigel Wreford, Kim Malafant, Charles Hunter & Graeme Nelson, «An analysis of the medial thickness of small pulmonary arteries in victims of the sudden infant death syndrome», Acta Stereologica [En ligne], Volume 3 (1984), Number 1 - May 1984, 85-88 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0351-580x/index.php?id=3972.