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- Title
Previous breastfeeding does not alter thymic size in infants dying of sudden infant death syndrome.
- Authors
Thompson, JMD; Becroft, DMO; Mitchell, EA; Thompson, J M; Becroft, D M; Mitchell, E A
- Abstract
The relationship between thymic weights and previous feeding histories was examined in 294 infants of 37 wk gestation or more dying of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). One hundred and sixty-five infants had been breastfed exclusively, 89 had been partially breastfed and 40 had never been breastfed. We found no relationship between thymic weight and type of previous feeding. The difference between these findings in SIDS and the substantially greater thymic size previously reported in 4-mo-old breastfed living infants deserves further study.
- Subjects
BREASTFEEDING; THYMUS; SUDDEN infant death syndrome
- Publication
Acta Paediatrica, 2000, Vol 89, Issue 1, p112
- ISSN
0803-5253
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb01198.x