Fatal bowel necrosis in two polycytemic term neonates

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-44

  Christensen, Robert D ^a,b   Lambert, Diane K ^a   Schmutz, Nancy ^a   Stodderd, Ronald A ^a  

^a Intermountain Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel necrosis; Formula feeding; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Polycythemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA;

EID: 45849127539     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513810802028597     Document Type: Article

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