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    Radiological behaviour of the thymus in chest infection in the underfives

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    Date
    1995
    Author
    Kitonyi, J.M.K.
    Type
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    Language
    en
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    Abstract
    The thymus in the paediatric chest will often give radiological appearances of very intriguing nature. It Is known to react dramatically to stress factors such as infection or trauma. Gross hypertrophy following atrophy has been documented in many eases, In this paper the author scrutinizes one hundred anteroposterior chest radiographs of children under the age or five years suspected or having chest infection. Thymocardiac: ratio is determined. It is concluded that in children under five years, the tbymus generally decreases in size with age and that often the thymus will undergo atrophy as a primary response to infection.
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    http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10517
    Citation
    East Aftican Medical Journal Vol 72 February 1995
    Subject
    Chest infections
    Thymus
    Radiological behaviour
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