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Thymus development and infant and child mortality in rural Bangladesh

Background Data from West Africa indicate that a small thymus at birth and at 6 months of age is a strong and independent risk factor for infection-related mortality up to 24 and 36 months of age, respectively. We investigated the association between thymus size (thymic index, TI) in infancy and sub...

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Autores principales: Moore, Sophie E, Fulford, Anthony JC, Wagatsuma, Yukiko, Persson, Lars Å, Arifeen, Shams E, Prentice, Andrew M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24366492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyt232