Previous breastfeeding does not alter thymic size in infants dying of sudden infant death syndrome

Citation
Jmd. Thompson et al., Previous breastfeeding does not alter thymic size in infants dying of sudden infant death syndrome, ACT PAEDIAT, 89(1), 2000, pp. 112-114
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
ACTA PAEDIATRICA
ISSN journal
08035253 → ACNP
Volume
89
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
112 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0803-5253(200001)89:1<112:PBDNAT>2.0.ZU;2-B
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 d eath syndrome (SIDS). One hundred and sixty-five infants had been breastfed exclusively, 89 had been partially breastfed and 40 had never been breastf ed. We found no relationship between thymic weight and type of previous fee ding. The difference between these findings in SIDS and the substantially g reater thymic size previously reported in 4-mo-old breastfed living infants deserves further study.