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A review of: Jones KL, Krous HF, Nadeau J, Blackbourne B, Zielke HR, Gozal D 2003 Vascular endothelial growth factor in the cerebrospinal fluid of infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome: evidence for antecedent hypoxia. Pediatrics 111:358–363
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Saugstad, O., Rognum, T. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Is Preceded by Hypoxia. Pediatr Res 53, 881–882 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1203/01.PDR.0000073781.13027.D1
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