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    Necrotizing Enterocolitis



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    1. Thilo EH, Rosenberg AA (2011). Necrotizing enterocolitis section of The newborn infant. In WW Hay Jr et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatrics, 20th ed., pp. 36–37. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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    • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2007). Evidence-based care guidelines for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among very low-birth-weight infants. Available online: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/assets/0/78/1067/2709/2777/2793/7585a353-7c3e-400f-98a6-91c6b63232fc.pdf.

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    Medical Review: Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference Jennifer Merchant, MD - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine


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