Correlates of thymus size and changes during treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: The impairment of immune functions associated with malnutrition may be one reason for the high mortality in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), and thymus atrophy has been proposed as a marker of this immunodeficiency. The aim of this study was to identify nutritional and clin...

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Autores principales: Rytter, Maren Johanne Heilskov, Namusoke, Hanifa, Ritz, Christian, Michaelsen, Kim F., Briend, André, Friis, Henrik, Jeppesen, Dorthe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28288591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0821-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28288591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0821-0

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