Epidemiology and outcome of "early-onset" vs "late-onset" necrotizing enterocolitis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 481-484

  Yaseen, Hakam ^a,b   Kamaledin, Khalid ^a,c   Al Umran, Khalid ^a   Al Arfaj, Abdulatif ^a,c   Darwich, Maha ^a,c   Awary, Bassam ^a  

^a Al Qassimi Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^b DUN ^*  (France)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Early onset; Late onset; NEC; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0036595658     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02722648     Document Type: Article

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