منابع مشابه
Necrotizing enterocolitis of the newborn.
The clinical presentation, diagnostic features, therapeutic measures, and results of treatment of 29 infants with the firmly established diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis are reviewed. A cohort of control patients are studied in an attempt to identify risk factors which may predispose infants to develop this serious complication of the newborn period. The incidence of necrotizing enterocol...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197509000-00009