Necrotizing enterocolitis: Experience of 27 cases from a single Korean institution

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 358-361

  Choi, Jung Hyun ^a   Lee, Jae Mun ^a   Shin, Wan Shik ^a   Choi, Su Mi ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^a   Yoo, Jin Hong ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Lee, Jong Wook ^a   Min, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Chun Choo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Typhlitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034304796     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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