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Thymus gland in bfeeding
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Anne Eglash <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:22:25 -0600
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There was a recent study published in Acta Paediatr 85:1029-32 1996 about
the size of the thymus gland and breastfeeding. Exclusively breastfeeding
babies at 4 months had a thymus gland more than twice the size of babies
soley abm fed at 4 months. The significance of this is not clear, but
probably due to the immune-modulating factors in breastmilk...Interesting,
huh?-Anne Eglash MD

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