Enterocolitis, Necrotizing

Leung, Alexander K. C.; Sauve, Reginald S.; Wong, Andrew L.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29676-8_3363

Alexander K. C. Leung²,
Reginald S. Sauve³ &
Andrew L. Wong⁴

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NEC

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Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), characterized by intestinal necrosis (Fig. 1), typically presents with abdominal distension, occult or fresh blood in stools, and bilious emesis [1].

figure 1_3363 — **Enterocolitis, Necrotizing. Figure 1**

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Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Alexander K. C. Leung
Department of Pediatrics, Health Sciences Center, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Reginald S. Sauve
Department of Surgery, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada
Andrew L. Wong

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Institute of Physiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Florian Lang (Prof.) (Prof.)

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Leung, A.K.C., Sauve, R.S., Wong, A.L. (2009). Enterocolitis, Necrotizing. In: Lang, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29676-8_3363

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