Assessment of the thymic morphometry using ultrasound in full-term newborns

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Varga, Ivan ^a   Uhrinova, Alexandra ^b   Toth, Frantisek ^b   Mistinova, Jana ^c  

^a Comenius University in Bratislava ^*  (Slovakia)

^b ForLife General Hospital in Komarno   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Newborns; Sonography; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA; THYMUS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84155172545     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-011-0806-x     Document Type: Article

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