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The immunological landscape in necrotising enterocolitis.
Expert reviews in molecular medicine - 24 Jun 2016
Cho Steven X, Berger Philip J, Nold-Petry Claudia A, Nold Marcel F
Abstract excerpt
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is an uncommon, but devastating intestinal inflammatory disease that predominantly affects preterm infants. NEC is sometimes dubbed the spectre of neonatal intensive care units, as its onset is insidiously non-specific, and once the disease manifests, the damage inflicted on the baby's intestine is already disastrous. Subsequent sepsis and multi-organ failure entail a mortality of...
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