Title: Thymectomy in early childhood: significant

T cell compartment in later life Running title: Thymectomy in early childhood Authors: Martina Prelog*(1), Michael Keller (2), Ralf Geiger (3), Anita Brandstätter (4), Reinhard Würzner (5), Ulrich Schweigmann (3), Manuela Zlamy (1), Lothar Bernd Zimmerhackl (1), Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein (2) Affiliations: (1) Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics I, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (2) Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (3) Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics III, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (4) Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (5) Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria