From the "old NEC" to the "new NECs"

• Main Authors: Melania Puddu (Author), Maria Antonietta Marcialis (Author), Anna De Magistris (Author), Roberta Irmesi (Author), Elisabetta Coni (Author), Luigi Mascia (Author), Vassilios Fanos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an acute inflammatory disease of the neonatal intestine that strikes in 1 of 1,000 live births. Its etiology is unknown.  This review describes in detail the new NECs especially those which affect preterm infants: contagion or lymphocytosis associated, transfusion...