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Immune-complex disease: A link between viral infection and sudden infant death?

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sudden infant death

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  1. Institut für Rechtsmedizin der CAU, Arnold-Heller-Straße 12, D-24105, Kiel, Germany

    S. Ritz & H. Thomsen

  2. Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie, Michaelisstrasse 11, D-24105, Kiel, Germany

    J. Peters

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Ritz, S., Peters, J. & Thomsen, H. Immune-complex disease: A link between viral infection and sudden infant death?. Eur J Pediatr 154, 500–501 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02029368

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