title: Simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Allegheny County Coroner's Office, Forensic Pathology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ladham
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shakir
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wecht
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology*; D014427:Twins