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Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome has been overestimated

Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is rare and has been overestimated by studies which have tried to quantify it, says a review published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood.The authors reviewed eight population-based studies published in English since 1970, which had reported relative risks of recurrence of SIDS ranging from 1.7 to 10.1 compared with the general population or controls.

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