Hematochezia before the First Feeding in a Newborn with Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome

• Main Authors: Masanori Mizuno (Author), Hiroshi Masaki (Author), Ryoko Yoshinare (Author), Yujun Ito (Author), Hideyuki Morita (Author), Hiroyuki Yoshio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The prevalence and incidence of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) are clearly not known; its onset before first feeding at birth especially has been rarely reported. A female newborn was referred to our institution due to blood-stained diarrhea before her first feeding at birth. Ex...