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Max Bader, MD, MPH
Oregon State Health Division Portland

JAMA. 1982;248(23):3095.

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To the Editor.—

In the QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS section (1982;248:593), the association between sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and elevated triiodothyronine (T₃) levels found at autopsy was discussed. The answer indicated that there was no proved causative association between elevated T₃ levels and the later development of SIDS. It might be worth noting that all of 30 consecutive Oregon SIDS infants had essentially normal thyroxine levels at the time of newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism. In addition, none of 66 infants found to have congenital hypothyroidism at the time of newborn screening subsequently died of SIDS. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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