Epidemiology and trends of necrotizing enterocolitis in Sweden: 1987-2009

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ahle, Margareta ^a,b   Drott, Peder ^a,c   Andersson, Roland E ^a,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^c Centre of Surgery and Oncology   (Sweden)

^d RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Perinatal care; Perinatal mortality; Premature infants; Seasonal variation; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE INFANTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRENDS;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84882271842     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3847     Document Type: Article

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