Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 1391-1397 , July 2010

National prospective surveillance study of necrotizing enterocolitis in neonatal intensive care units

  • Clare M. Rees
    • ,
  • Simon Eaton
    • ,
  • Agostino Pierro

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Nuffield Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Surgery Unit, Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1EH London, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 20 7905 2175; fax: +44 20 7404 6181.

Received 15 July 2009 ,Revised 2 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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PII: S0022-3468(09)01058-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.12.002

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 1391-1397 , July 2010

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