Idiopathic spontaneous intestinal perforation: A distinct pathological entity in the preterm infant

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Messina, M ^a   Molinaro, F ^a   Ferrara, F ^a   Messina, G ^a   Di Maggio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterocolitis, necrotizing; Infant, newborn; Intestinal perforation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SPONTANEOUS INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PARENT COUNSELING; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73649085157     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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