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necrotizing enterocolitis

Broader Terms:

colitis

Broader Terms:

enteritis

Related Terms:

premature infant human

Scope Note:

extensive ulceration and necrosis of the ileum and colon in premature infants in the neonatal period; possibly due to perinatal intestinal ischemia and bacterial invasion.

Term Number:

5005-0017


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