title: [Fetal thymic involution on ultrasound].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to summarize the published data on the fetal thymus, the fetal thymic involution and the possible use of the measurement of the fetal thymus in the clinical practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical Faculty Charles University Hradec Kralove.
  
  
  METHODS
  We summarized published data on the fetal thymic involution and relationship between the sonographic fetal thymus size and the presence of an intrauterinne infection in patiens with preterm labor or preterm prelabour rupture of membranes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present review summarizes the results of clinical and experimental research on the fetal thymic involution.
authors.affiliation: Lékarská fakulta Hradec Králové, Univerzita Karlova Praha, Porodnická a gynekologická klinika FN Hradec Králová. kacermar@fnhk.cz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kacerovský
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dosedla
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal