title: Morphometric investigation of carotid body in sudden infant death syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The pathomechanism of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has not been clarified yet. The high rate of early progenitor cells in carotid body has been reported as a pathognomic feature for SIDS. AIM AND STUDY DESIGN: The morphometric analysis was done by NIKON Eclipse microscope with a morphometric program Lucia G.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was designed to investigate the structure and developmental state of carotid body in SIDS and non-SIDS cases. A comparison was made between the rates of dark and early progenitor cells.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Kruskal-Wallis test showed a significantly higher number of progenitor cells in the SIDS group than in controls (p=0.0003).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study on Hungarian SIDS cases we confirmed the observation that infants who died suddenly have an underdeveloped carotid body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Târgu-Mureş, Romania.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pávai
authors.forename: Klára
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Töro
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D002344:Carotid Body / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology*