Immune system’s role in prematurity complication studied
by Leigh MacMillan | Posted on Friday, Mar. 16, 2012 — 10:33 AM
Despite advances in neonatal care, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) – the most common gastrointestinal emergency in premature infants – continues to be a deadly disease.
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