Current issues in the management of necrotizing enterocolitis

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-233

  Henry, Marion C W ^a   Moss, R Lawrence ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENTAMICIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

BREAST MILK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEUM; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW;

EID: 3042704818     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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