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Necrotising enterocolitis in a term neonate with trisomy 21 exposed to maternal HIV and antiretroviral medication

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Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) was diagnosed in a term infant with Down’s syndrome exposed to maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and antiretroviral therapy.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Leeuwarden Medical Centre, P.O. Box 888, 8901 BR, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

    Edith F. van der Meulen & Arvid W. A. Kamps

  2. Department of Neonatology, Beatrix’s Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Klasien A. Bergman

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van der Meulen, E.F., Bergman, K.A. & Kamps, A.W.A. Necrotising enterocolitis in a term neonate with trisomy 21 exposed to maternal HIV and antiretroviral medication. Eur J Pediatr 168, 113–114 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-008-0715-0

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