Hippocampal Formation Maldevelopment and Sudden Unexpected Death across the Pediatric Age Spectrum

Hannah C Kinney1, Annapurna H Poduri2, Jane B Cryan2

  • 1From the Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (HCK, RLH, LT, RD); Epilepsy Genetics Program, Department of Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (AHP); Division of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (JBC); Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (LAS); Department of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (IAH, GTB, CB); Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (SPP, SKW); Division of Child Neurology, Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Jacksonville, Florida (HAS); Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona (MK); Department of Pathology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota (WLK); Department of Cellular Pathology Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK (BH); Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Warwick, and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, Coventry, UK (JG); Office of the Medical Examiner, County of San Diego, California (OJM); Department of Pathology, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California (EAH); Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Retired Professor of Pathology, Houston, Texas (DDA); Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (RDG) Hannah.Kinney@childrens.harvard.edu.

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