Simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome: a case report. |
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| Authors: | S Ladham S A Koehler A Shakir C H Wecht |
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| Affiliation: | Allegheny County Coroner's Office, Forensic Pathology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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| Abstract: | The first reported case of simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome (SSIDS) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, occurred on February 27, 1998. Two-month-old black fraternal twin girls were both found dead in their crib at the same time. After an in-depth death scene investigation, police investigation, toxicologic analysis, and complete autopsies, a specific cause of death could not be identified. The deaths of the two girls were therefore ruled simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome. |
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