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- Published on: 9 January 2022
- Published on: 9 January 2022
- Published on: 9 January 2022Hazards in relying on court findingsShow More
Dear Editor
Professor Sir Roy Meadow's response recommends that court findings of guilt should be used to modify previously held coroner's or scientific findings relating to infant deaths.
It is ironic that his response was published on the first day of the Sally Clark appeal, the same day that her QC's skeleton argument was published on the internet.
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None declared. - Published on: 9 January 2022Hazards in the epidemiological study of sudden infant death syndromeShow More
Dear Editor
The study of Platt and Pharaoh, confirms the increased risk of SIDS in twins compared to singletons.[1] They point out that a major component of that higher accrued risk is that twins tend to be of low birthweight. Their finding that like-sex twins are at no greater risk than unlike-sex twins adds to the substantial evidence concerning the very limited role of genetic susceptibility for SIDS, and the rari...
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