Small thymus in very low birth weight infants born to mothers with subclinical chorioamnionitis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 384-386

  De Felice, Claudio ^a   Toti, Paolo ^b   Santopietro, Rosa ^b   Stumpo, Michela ^b   Pecciarini, Lorenza ^b   Bagnoli, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0033498236     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70140-X     Document Type: Article

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