The prevention and management of necrotizing enterocolitis

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 184-189

  Coombs, Robert C ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Epidermal growth factor; Erythropoietin; arginine; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Platelet activating factor

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

BREAST MILK; CELL PROTECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NUTRITION; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037541068     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(03)00025-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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