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The significance of neonatal thymectomy for shaping the immune system in children with congenital heart defects

The thymus plays an important role in the development of the immune cell pool; it serves as the primary location for T-lymphocyte maturation. Early cardiac surgical interventions for congenital heart defects are necessarily associated with thymectomy, i.e. the partial or complete removal of the thym...

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Autores principales: Stosio, Małgorzata, Ruszkowski, Jakub, Mikosik-Roczyńska, Anna, Haponiuk, Ireneusz, Witkowski, Jacek M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5767777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29354179
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2017.72231