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Figure 6

From: Ependymal alterations in sudden intrauterine unexplained death and sudden infant death syndrome: possible primary consequence of prenatal exposure to cigarette smoking

Figure 6

Pathological ependyma in sudden fetal and infant death victims. (a) Wide area of desquamation in a SIUD case aged 38 gestational weeks. (b) Ependymal invaginations (thin arrow) and nodules (thick arrows) in a 3-month-old infant who died of SIDS. (c,d) Neuronal heterotopia. Isolated neurons within (c) and over (d) the ependymal lining (arrows) in a SIDS victim aged 2 months. Klüver-Barrera stain; magnification, 40×.

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Neural Development

ISSN: 1749-8104