From the Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston (H.C.K.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (B.T.T.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Kinney at the Department of Pathology, Enders Bldg. 1112, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at [email protected].
Supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R37-HD20991 and PO1-HD036379, to Dr. Kinney; and RO1-HD10993, to Dr. Thach), by the First Candle/SIDS Alliance, the CJ Foundation for SIDS, the C.J. Murphy Foundation, the Deborah Evelyn Barrett Fellowship, and the Scottish Cot Death Trust and by a grant from the Children's Hospital Developmental Disabilities Research Center (P30-HD18655).
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
We thank Richard A. Belliveau, Kristin McMillan, and Kathleen Harris for their assistance in the preparation of the manuscript and Drs. Holcombe E. Grier, Joseph J. Volpe, and Eugene E. Nattie for their many helpful comments.
