Small thymus in very low birth weight infants born to mothers with subclinical chorioamnionitis.
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.
De Felice
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Department of Preventive Pediatrics and Neonatology, the Institute of Pathology, University of Siena, Italy.
Toti
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Santopietro
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R
Stumpo
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Pecciarini
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L
Bagnoli
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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*