Does breastfeeding increase thymus size?

“No structure of the body is less understood, nor, with few exceptions, has had more functions attributed to it, than the thymus gland” (W. E. Nelson, Textbook of Pediatrics, 5th edition, 1950)

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta Paediatrica 2000-01, Vol.89 (1), p.8-12
Hauptverfasser:	Prentice, AM, Collinson, AC
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Factors Analysis of Variance Animals Atrophy Autopsy Breast Feeding Child Cytokines - immunology Data Interpretation, Statistical Humans Hypertrophy Infant Infant Food Infant, Newborn Leptin - immunology Leptin - metabolism Mice Starvation - pathology Sudden Infant Death - pathology Thymus Gland - anatomy & histology Thymus Gland - diagnostic imaging Thymus Gland - immunology Thymus Gland - pathology Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	“No structure of the body is less understood, nor, with few exceptions, has had more functions attributed to it, than the thymus gland” (W. E. Nelson, Textbook of Pediatrics, 5th edition, 1950)
ISSN:	0803-5253 1651-2227
DOI:	10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb01178.x