title: Small thymus in very low birth weight infants born to mothers with subclinical chorioamnionitis.
abstract: Chorioamnionitis, a major cause of preterm birth with significant neonatal morbidity and mortality, frequently occurs in mothers who are free of symptoms. A combined clinical, radiologic, and pathologic study of 129 very low birth weight infants indicated a significant association between a markedly decreased thymic size at birth and subclinical chorioamnionitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Pediatrics and Neonatology, the Institute of Pathology, University of Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Felice
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santopietro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stumpo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pecciarini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bagnoli
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*