Necrotizing enterocolitis: Controversies and challenges

F1000Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pierro, Agostino ^a   Zani, Augusto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; REVIEW;

EID: 84970951325     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.6888.1     Document Type: Review

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