Small thymus at birth and gestational age

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 362-363

  De Felice, Claudio ^a   Latini, Giuseppe ^b   Toti, Paolo ^a   D'Addario, Vincenzo ^c   Petraglia, Felice ^a   Bagnoli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Perrino Hospital of the Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0036265181     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-0948-2     Document Type: Letter

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3. The fetal inflammatory response syndrome
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5. Maternal infection, fetal inflammatory response, and brain damage in very low birth weight infants
6. Acute thymic involution in fetuses and neonates with chorioamnionitis