Strategies to prevent necrotising enterocolitis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2759-2765

  Bhatia, Jatinder ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causes; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTOFERRIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENDER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERITONITIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PREMATURITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; X RAY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; HUMAN; NEWBORN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 79952279622     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.20.002     Document Type: Article

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