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Overall causes of death.
| Causes of death (n = 18) |
|---|
| Unrelated causes: n = 6 |
| Pulmonary dysplasia |
| Spinal muscular atrophy |
| Neonatal herpes |
| Premature birth |
| Mitochondriopathy |
| Neonatal Streptococcus B meningitis |
| SCD-related infectious causes: n = 7 |
| Pneumococcal septicemia (n = 3) |
| Pneumococcal meningitis |
| Undocumented sepsis (n = 3) |
| Miscellaneous SCD-related causes: n = 5 |
| Dehydration |
| Acute pancreatitis |
| Acute cardiorespiratory failure |
| Acute splenic sequestration n = 2 |
