Maternal and Placental Risk Factors for Developing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Preterm Infants

• Main Authors: Ju-young Lee (Author), Kyo-Hoon Park (Author), Ahra Kim (Author), Hye-Ran Yang (Author), Eun-Young Jung (Author), Soo-Hyun Cho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the clinical relevance of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), it remains difficult to predict which preterm infants are more likely to develop NEC. Contrary to the neonatal risk factors for the development of NEC, little information is available regarding maternal (prenatal) risk factors. We ai...