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Word: dapena (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...Brain. Ironically, Philadelphia is one of the places where the most intensive work has been done on crib deaths. Dr. Marie Valdes-Dapena, who has studied the problem for years, says that as many as 80% of crib deaths cannot be explained even after an unusually detailed autopsy. Dr. Frederic Rieders, the city's chief toxicologist, discovered an unidentified red substance in the brains of 80% of babies whose deaths are unexplained, and has found the stuff in only 20% of cases where there is a known cause of death. But what it is, or what relationship it bears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pediatrics: Sudden Death Syndrome | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

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