Neonatal thymectomy: Does it affect immune function?
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Effect of thymectomy on cellular immune function.
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of thymectomy during open heart surgery on immunological function of T lymphocytes in the treatment of children with congenital heart disease (CHD). No significant difference was found in the sjTREC level between pre-thymectomy and post- thymectomy in the non-thymectomy group and the small partial resection group (P>0.05) However, the sjTRE...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(98)70403-9