The diagnosis of SIDS or sudden expected death in early life is the largest single cause of death in children in industrialized nations. It accounts for approximately 25% of all the deaths in the first year of life. In an accompanying editorial, Michael Bennett and Piero Rinaldo suggest that MS/MS testing of infant and child deaths should become a standard protocol for medical examiners.
Contacts: The corresponding author of the study is Dr. Donald H. Chace, Neo Gen Screening, Bridgeville, PA, phone 412-341-8658, fax 412-341-8926, and email dhchace@neogenscreening.com; Michael J. Bennett is at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, phone 214- 456-2877, email michaelj.bennett@email.swmed.edu, and Piero Rinaldo is at the Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN.
Full text is scheduled to be posted www.clinchem.org/current.shtml on June 26, 2001. The direct link to the article is http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/47/7/1166. The direct link to the Editorial is http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/47/6/1145. Prior to the online posting copies are available by contacting Mac Fancher at (202) 835-8714 or email mfancher@aacc.org.
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