If you realize that the thymus gland of a formula-fed child is ONE HALF the
size of a breastfed child( in other the breastfed child's is double the size)
  then you could make a case for the use of breastmilk in any child this ill.
 If not from the mother then donor milk.   Christine Betzold NP CLE


In a message dated 3/4/01 8:25:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, LacNackRNP writes:

> THYMUS HELPS FIGHT INFECTION AFTER BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
>  >  The thymus gland, until recently thought to be inactive after childhood,
>  >  has been found to play an important role in immune system reconstitution
>  >  after bone-marrow transplantation, researchers at the University of
Texas
>  >  Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have discovered.
>  >  http://pediatrics.medscape.com/34435.rhtml?srcmp=ped-030201
>  >  <A HREF="http://pediatrics.medscape.com/34435.rhtml?srcmp=ped-030201">
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