Diaphragm histology in SIDS and other sudden unexplained deaths

Abstract

This is a Letter to the Editor in response to Kariks J. Diaphragmatic muscle fibre necrosis in SIDS. Forensic Sci Int. 1989 Dec;43(3):281–91. doi: 10.1016/0379-0738(89)90156-4. PMID: 2613142.

Keywords

• Contraction band necrosis
• Diaphragm cramp
• Diaphragm fatigue
• Sudden death
• Sudden infant death
• SIDS