From the “old NEC” to the “new NECs”

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an acute inflammatory disease of the neonatal intestine that strikes in 1 of 1,000 live births. Its etiology is unknown.  This review describes in detail the new NECs especially those which affect preterm infants: contagion or lymphocytosis associated, transfusion...

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Main Authors: Melania Puddu, Maria Antonietta Marcialis, Anna De Magistris, Roberta Irmesi, Elisabetta Coni, Luigi Mascia, Vassilios Fanos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/219