Febrile convulsions and sudden infant death syndrome.
It has been suggested that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and febrile convulsions are related aetiologically. We compared the risk of SIDS in 9877 siblings of children who had had febrile convulsions with that of 20 177 siblings of children who had never had febrile convulsions. We found no support for the shared susceptibility hypothesis.
Vestergaard
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Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. mv@dadlnet.dk
Basso
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Henriksen
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Østergaard
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Olsen
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016684:Prone Position; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*