Assessment of the fetal thymus gland: comparing MRI-acquired thymus volumes with 2D ultrasound measurements

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Ultrasound measurements of the transverse diameter of the fetal thymus in uncomplicated singleton pregnancies.

OBJECTIVE To determine sonographically the transverse diameter of the fetal thymus and present nomogram for the transverse diameter of the fetal thymus in uncomplicated singleton pregnancies between 19 and 38 weeks of gestation. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic....

Compensatory Hypertrophy of Thymus Gland

We recently have reported several studies concerning the marked stimulation of growth and regeneration that occurs in the thymus gland of rats, of any age, following double suprarenalectomy (1-3). We showed that, as the result of such a procedure, marked hyperplasia of the involuting thymus, with enlargement of the same, occurs with great constancy. In line with these studies, we undertook a se...

Gigantic enlargement of the thymus gland.

True massive thymic hyperplasia is a very rare entity, characterized by an increase in the size and weight of the thymus gland, without an apparent cause. Surgery has been required in patients with severe respiratory distress. We present an idiopathic true massive thymic hyperplasia in a 5-month-old boy.

Deoxynucleotide-polymerizing Enzymes of Calf Thymus Gland

Replication of polydeoxyadenylate and polydeoxythymidylate catalyzed by the high molecular weight DNA polymerase proceeds only in the presence of a complementary oligodeoxynucleotide. The oligodeoxynucleotide initiator chain must be greater than 6 nucleotides for poly(dA) replication and greater than 5 nucleotides for poly(dT) replication. The initiator oligonucleotide is incorporated into prod...