The Investigation of Perinatal Deaths

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In this issue, Mueller et al. analyze the cost effectiveness of various procedures routinely used in the post-mortem analysis of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths.1 It is a convincing analysis as far as genetic disorders are concerned, but their recommendations, if adopted, would leave some important nongenetic disorders undiagnosed. Mueller et al. judged post-mortem information primarily on the basis of its usefulness in genetic counseling and the clues it gave to the immediate cause of death. In this context, they claim that histopathological and chromosomal studies added no useful new information when neonates were found on gross examination to be . . .

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