The science and necessity of using animal models in the study of necrotizing enterocolitis

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 29-33

  Ares, Guillermo J ^a,b   McElroy, Steven J ^c   Hunter, Catherine J ^a,d  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Formula; Hypoxia; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Piglet; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COST; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE MODEL; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PIGLET; PREMATURITY; PRIMATE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUAIL; RABBIT MODEL; RAT MODEL; ANIMAL; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIG; RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; MICE; RATS; SWINE;

EID: 85034846893     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2017.11.006     Document Type: Article

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