A three-dimensional mathematical and computational model of necrotizing enterocolitis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 322, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-32

  Barber, Jared ^a   Tronzo, Mark ^a   Harold Horvat, C ^a   Clermont, Gilles ^a,c   Upperman, Jeffrey ^d   Vodovotz, Yoram ^a,b   Yotov, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial barrier; Inflammation; Mathematical modeling; Partial differential equations; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD; DISEASE TREATMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BREAST FEEDING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTESTINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873536205     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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