Hypothesis: inappropriate colonization of the premature intestine can cause neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis
Open Access
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 15 (8), 1398-1403
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.00-0833hyp
Abstract
Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a major cause of morbidity in preterm infants. We hypothesize that the intestinal injury in this disease is a consequence of synergy among three of the maj...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (RO1‐HD31852, R37‐HD12437, PO1‐DK33506)
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