Necrotizing enterocolitis - bench to bedside: novel and emerging strategies

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-265

  Guner, Yigit S ^a   Chokshi, Nikunj ^a   Petrosyan, Mikael ^a   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a   Ford, Henri R ^a   Grikscheit, Tracy C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterocolitis; Neonate; Short bowel syndrome; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; DRAINAGE; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROTOMY; RISK FACTORS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 53049101907     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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