Unchanged incidence of necrotising enterocolitis in a tertiary neonatal department

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-5

  Hein Nielsen, Anne Lysbeck ^a   Petersen, Sandra Meinich ^a   Greisen, Gorm ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; DENMARK; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREMATURITY;

DENMARK; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84936774154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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