Fetal thymus development in vitamin D deficient rats.
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.
Yurdakök
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Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
Haziroğlu
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R
Topaloğlu
H
H
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