Sonographic measurement of the thymus in newborns: Close association between thymus size and birth weight [2]

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-224

  Iscan, Akin ^a   Tarhan, Serdar ^c   Güven, Hasan ^b   Bilgi, Yasar ^c   Yüncü, Mehmet ^c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Manisa Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA;

EID: 0034009586     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050056     Document Type: Letter

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