Low thymic weight in small-for-dates babies.
The thymic weights of 20 growth-retarded babies dying at or about birth were found to be less than normal for their birth weights. It is suggested that small-for-dates babies that survive may be immunodeficient as are children who suffer from extrauterine malnutrition.
D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D009929:Organ Size; D011247:Pregnancy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*