Nutrition and immune system: The size of the thymus as an indicator of the newborn's nutrition status

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-274

  Varga, Ivan ^a,b,c   Nescakova, Eva ^d   Toth, Frantisek ^e   Uhrinova, Alexandra ^f   Adamkov, Marian ^g  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

^d Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^e Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Slovakia)

^f ForLife General Hospital   (Slovakia)

^g University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Newborns; Nutrition status; Thymic Index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80052402687     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2011/0105     Document Type: Article

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