Thymic ultrasonography in children, a non-invasive assessment of nutritional immune deficiency

Nutrition Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1271-1276

  Chevalier, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Protein energy malnutrition; Thymus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0030805722     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(97)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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