Necrotising enterocolitis and localised intestinal perforation: different diseases or ends of a spectrum of pathology.
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Department of Surgery, Queens University of Belfast, The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6BE, Northern Ireland. VEBostonMD@aol.com
D018988:Bacterial Translocation; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors