Forensic practice in sudden infant death syndrome / 中国法医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Sudden infant death syndrome(SIDS) has become a highlighted topic in forensic medicine and pediatrics since it was firstly defined in 1969.As some great improvements were preceded in many aspects,people know more about its features,summarization,classification and related genes.There are many reports from developed areas such as North America,Europe,Australia,Japan etc.,but few from China.This review introduces SIDS's development history,new scientific findings and discusses the feasibility of further SIDS studies and the key points in forensic practice under the influence of San Diego definition of SIDS.