An update on necrotizing enterocolitis

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Morecroft, J A ^a   Coombs, R C ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000059226     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(97)80136-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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