title: Does breastfeeding increase thymus size?
authors.affiliation: MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. a.prentice@lshtm.ac.uk
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Prentice
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Collinson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D001344:Autopsy; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020738:Leptin / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D013217:Starvation / Q000473:pathology; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D020738:Leptin