Thymic size in uninfected infants born to HIV-positive mothers and fed with pasteurized human milk

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 679-683

  Jeppesen, D ^a   Hasselbalch, H ^a   Ersboll A K ^b   Heilmann, C ^c   Valerius, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HIV negative infants; Human milk; Sonography; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MILK; MOTHER; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0042876787     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310002434     Document Type: Article

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