Recent Potential Noninvasive Biomarkers in Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a rare but devastating gastrointestinal disease that predominately affects preterm neonates. Numerous studies have revealed that NEC is strongly associated with very low birth weight, degree of prematurity, formula feeding, infection, hypoxic/ischemic injury, and e...

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Main Authors: Kewei Wang, Guozhong Tao, Zhen Sun, Karl G. Sylvester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8413698