title: Fetal thymus development in vitamin D deficient rats.
abstract: The morphological characteristics of the thymus in vitamin D-deficient rats were evaluated in utero. The thymus weight, thymus weight/body weight ratio and histological findings were found to be similar when the vitamin D-deficient rats were compared with the control animals. It is therefore concluded that vitamin D is not required for the morphological development of rat thymus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yurdakök
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haziroğlu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Topaloğlu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity; D009929:Organ Size; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000196:embryology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000196:embryology* / Q000503:physiopathology