Birth season and environmental influences on patterns of thymic growth in rural Gambian infants.

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Published in Acta Paediatr on September 01, 2003

Authors

A C Collinson1, S E Moore, T J Cole, A M Prentice

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Keneba, MRC Laboratories, The Gambia. Andrew.Collinson@rdehc-tr.swest.nhs.uk

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