Dinsdale F, Emery J L, Gadsdon D R
Histopathology. 1977 May;1(3):179-87. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1977.tb01657.x.
The volume of the glomic tissue in the carotid bodies of 100 infants between the ages of 29 weeks gestation and 9 1/2 years has been determined by serial sections and point counting. There is a 10-fold variation in the size of the carotid body and the volume of glomic tissue at all ages studied. Forty of the infants died as unexpected deaths at home. No increase in size of the carotid body is apparent in the majority of these deaths but there is a probability that enlargement occurs in some children dying at the age of one year or older. Ranges of values and means are presented for the carotid body glomic tissue volume from birth to 9 1/2 years.
通过连续切片和点计数法测定了100名胎龄29周至9岁半婴儿颈动脉体中球样组织的体积。在所研究的所有年龄段中，颈动脉体的大小和球样组织的体积存在10倍的差异。其中40名婴儿在家中意外死亡。在这些死亡案例中的大多数，颈动脉体大小并无明显增加，但一岁及以上死亡的部分儿童有可能出现增大。文中给出了从出生到9岁半的颈动脉体球样组织体积的数值范围和平均值。
