FETAL THYMUS DEVELOPMENT IN VITAMIN-D-DEFICIENT RATS

YURDAKOK M., HAZIROGLU R., TOPALOGLU H.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.35, sa.3, ss.197-199, 1993 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1993
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.197-199
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The morphological characteristics of the thymus in vitamin D-deficient rats were evaluated in utero. The thymus weight, thymus weight/body weight ratio and histological findings were found to be similar when the vitamin D-deficient rats were compared with the control animals. It is therefore concluded that vitamin D is not required for the morphological development of rat thymus.