Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Infection
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Necrotizing enterocolitis report of 20 cases
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a disease of unknown origin. Epidemiological observations emphasize the potential roles of infection, enteric feeding and local vascular compromise of the Gastrointestinal tract in the pathogenesis of this disease. Clinical findings include signs of sepsis , plus abdominal distention , vomiting, bloody stool and occasionally , signs of intestinal perforation and pe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Perinatology
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0095-5108
DOI: 10.1016/s0095-5108(18)30347-6